Habitat for Humanity--New Orleans
posted over 4 years ago, updated about 23 hours later | 2 comments
I spent three and one half days working at a completely new thing--framing in a new house. I did this amazing thing with wondrous people from all over America, and we worked together building a house for a complete stranger. We were south of New O...
Conversation over coffee
posted over 4 years ago, updated 3 minutes later | 4 comments
Tonight, I was given an astonishing view of life--"Live as though you have endless tomorrows." What a switch on the old saw about living each day as though it were your last, or the question about what would you change if you were told you had a t...
Second Month of the Year
posted over 5 years ago | 1 comment
Now that we are into February, this year should be starting to "fit." I haven't written any wront years on my checks, and have dutifully broken most of my New Year's Resolutions. I really don't like the treadmill very well, but cold and ice keep m...
Solstice
posted over 5 years ago, updated 5 minutes later | 1 comment
Ahh--the darkest night of the year. What I night to sit and reflect, maybe with a glass of wine. It doesn't matter tonight what holidays you do or don't celebrate--the calendar is about to roll into a new year, it's the first day of winter, the sh...
Advent--meditation and reflection
posted over 5 years ago | 0 comments
We are into the season of Advent, which I believe is ver different from the secular Christmas season. I think the monks had the right idea--toward the end of the day, as the daylight dims and the weather drives us indoors, stop and relfect on the ...
Snow Day, Snow Day, Yippee!
posted over 5 years ago | 2 comments
I watched the weather report yesterday, and woke up early this morning to the perfect silence and bright-amid-the-darkness light that can only mean one thing--it snowed last night! I checked the TV, but our school wasn't listed as closed, so, I bu...
White Space
posted over 5 years ago, updated 1 day later | 5 comments
One of the things that has been occupying my mind (which still has plenty of empty space) is what to do after I retire from teaching. I have 1 1/2 years to think about it, but it feels odd to not have a Big Plan. I found an article in the newspape...
Is it really a book?
posted over 5 years ago | 3 comments
So today, I started my story involving Mom's life. The day she was born is worth a story in and of itself, and I tried to write it down. I wish it didn't sound so pedantic, and I could lighten up the tone just a little bit. Also, it is extremely s...
Gray, rainy day...
posted over 5 years ago | 0 comments
Another rainy day--they are so hard on my soul. I really just want to hide under a quilt with a book, but my to-do list doesn't seem include that item. This long week-end (no school due to convention days; no work because they are not contract day...
Lake Superior as a metaphor for life...
posted over 5 years ago | 0 comments
If I can ever figure out how to modify a photo so it will fit into the upload, I'll post the picture of me wading in Lake Superior. It's a pretty bad picture, but I like it anyway. Lake Superior is a metaphor for the future because it is huge, col...
