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Mystery In the Nooks and Crannies Of Garages and the Everyday
April 19, 2015 There was always a bit of mystery in Daddy’s garage. Having free range, we kids were in it most every day for one thing or another. It was a normal place with a bit of an edge. Daddy fought in WWII as a young man. For him, as a parent, that meant…
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Kneading—A Contemplative Practice—Bread
April 12, 2015 The other day I read an article talking about 10 foods everyone should make at home. Bread was one of the ten. I gotta say I like it when someone says, “everyone should be doing this…” and I am doing it. Growing up, mother made bread. It was the sixties and early…
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Sidle Up To The Fenceline
April 5, 2015 Ray and I spoke across the fenceline for fifteen years. Each Christmas, whether we needed to or not, our families got together. When Rebecca and Andy’s wedding came, Ray and Mary were there. Ray and I didn’t see eye to eye on everything and I am glad we didn’t—made life a little…
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The Richness of Suicide, The Lack of Sin, and Robin Williams
March 29, 2015 (The media is deliberating if this weeks tragedy of Germanwings Flight 9525 is a suicide. Having written prior to the crash, I don’t deal with the tragedy. However, I will say at this early moment after the crash, I believe when one takes the lives of others along with their own, it…
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Across Border Impacts of the Doctrine of Discovery
March 22, 2015 Last week’s entry Reestablishing Heritage Languages: Sustainable Thinking brought about a question. “Let me or us perhaps know Dave what you know about whether the DOD operates in some way south of the border with Mexico to the extent it does on the other side.” The question comes from the writer of Erasing…
Chewing the Cud 