I sat in an office waiting room the other day, with one other person. The man initiated a conversation by remarking that he intended to go up to one of the local mountains for...
We turn around and all of a sudden wonder who the old dude is, sitting in the car or on the sofa next to us. And there’s a fair chance that he might occasionally...
I went to the feed store yesterday and when I walked in, there were two beautiful, large web footed birds in a big enclosure at the front of the store. “Hello, geese,” I said...
Do you believe that we’re all doing the best that we can? I mean each of us. Every single one. It’s one of the subjects that Brene’ Brown covers in her most recent book,...
We have a bunch of deer that come and go, jumping easily over our fence when they visit. Around the back of our property is what I call field fencing, four feet high and...
Lately my neighborhood seems to have been targeted by missionaries from a couple of different religions. They show up sporadically, sometimes ringing the doorbell and handing out literature, occasionally stopping their car to chat...
I was thinking this morning about the telephone party lines in the really small town where I grew up. A lot of people had phones that were on a party line — especially families...
When I started out on my walk yesterday, I saw a man further up the road, walking in the same direction as I was going. He was using a walking stick and going more...
I’m working on being more mindful — and part of that is finding contentment in simple, ordinary things. I’ve noticed a common theme in conversations with friends — a lot of people are at what I...
Several years ago I worked as a massage therapist in a Leadership Development Intensive program. Massage therapy — plus business and individual counseling along with health and meditative techniques — was offered to...