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Happy Birthday to Me!
Today is my birthday! 67 years ago I came into the world and took my first breath. Between then and now, I have taken approximately 846,216,000 breaths. My heart has beat somewhere in the neighborhood of 2,993,292,000 times. I have travelled about 342,409,128,000...
Happy Father’s Day To Me!
I always like Father’s Day, because it offers me an opportunity to reflect on how grateful I am to be a father. I am not a father in the biological/genetic sense of the word. I am a father because a whole bunch of young women continue to allow me to share in their...
A Delightful Discovery
I was walking into town to find some lunch, and I came across this delightful creation. It appears that someone can climb into the chest cavity and use pedals to make the wings flap. I’d like to see that happen sometime. You just never know what’s waiting to be...
Vast & Expansive
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness That most frightens us. We ask ourselves Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to...
My Thoughts Wandered Far Afield
Here’s a bit of obscure information. On my morning walk today I was converting miles into kilometers in my head, just for practice. For some reason that led me to think about other units of measurement, at which point the word “parsec” popped into my brain....
Reflecting on My Mom
On this Mother’s Day I find myself reflecting on the impact my mom had on my life. She’s been gone for eight years, and there are relatively long periods of time when I am not actively, consciously thinking about her. But I know she’s still there, and the ripples...
April Fool’s Day
On this April Fools Day, I invite you to take the risk of looking foolish. How many times do we let the fear of looking foolish hold us back and keep us from allowing our light to shine? Let today be the day when you unburdened yourself of that particular fear....
Without Regret
Over the past two and a half months I have been engaged in a bit of digital housekeeping - specifically focusing on the bloated photo collection on my phone. Thanks to a clever little hack I read about it has become a manageable task because it will be spread out...
Letting Our Light Shine
From the first time I saw a photograph of this sculpture I have been drawn to it. And it is currently on display on Canyon Road in Santa Fe. What a thrill it was for me to be able to stand there in the dark and soak in this remarkable creation. Leonard Cohen said,...