“Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song, and I'll try not to sing out of key...” ~ Lennon & McCartney Part one: In which a child recognizes the power mysteriously held within a simple slab of vinyl. When I was little, my parents had one of those sixties-style all-in-one console stereos. A [...]
“ Coincidences are spiritual puns.” ~ G.K. Chesterson "Synchronicity!" she exclaimed. "Oh c'mon, there's no such thing." he scoffed. "It's just a coincidence." They walked further down the tunnel into the BART station. She pointed at another one of the ads for the museum that featured the exact same typeface that she'd just [...]
“ We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done” ~ Alan Turing Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the size of a project? Do you sometimes not know where to begin? How, indeed, does one 'eat an elephant'? Not to disparage the vegetarians [...]
“ Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.” ~ Jeffrey Eugenides Remember your memory? Do you recall the days before cell phones and search engines? How do you keep your mind limber in this age of electronic convenience?Way back in ancient times (the 1950's) phones were connected to something called an 'exchange'. [...]
“ Living simply makes loving simple.” ~ bell hooks Do you practice 'spring cleaning'? Which is easier for you: accumulating things or clearing stuff out? When it comes to stuff, just how much is enough? Well, it must be something about the bright rays of sunshine and the lengthening days that light a fire [...]
“ Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” ~ Mark Twain When was the last time you looked up an old friend? How do the people you know change over time? What stays the same? It's all too easy to lose track of people over time, but [...]
“ You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ~ Mae West What are some things you only do once in your life? Why are reminders that life is fleeting so important? How do you know when you've reached another stage in your journey? There are a number [...]
“ The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” ~ Alan Watts. What a difference a year makes, right? How do you keep in touch with life as it was just over a year ago? Why are touchstones to normalcy so important? A couple [...]
“ Our breath is brief, and being so Let's make our heaven here below, And lavish kindness as we go.” ~ Robert Service. If you read last week's note, you know that my Dear Old Dad headed off to The Last Roundup four days shy of his 94th birthday so I'm up in Oregon with my [...]
“Everybody can be great … because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. How do you define freedom? [...]
