Landscape

  • 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… Continue reading

  • Sageness in the Canyon Landscape of Prickles, Songbirds, and Sunlight

    February 22, 2015 When I am in southern California I take a few hours and walk a canyon. On the backside of two weeks of traveling and meetings, I finally found myself walking a southern California canyon on a Saturday… Continue reading

  • Coffee and the Art of Inattentiveness

    December 28, 2014 5:15am, the morning after Christmas, and I am standing outside a McDonalds. Waking this morning in a home away from home, I negotiated pass bodies scattered on the couches and floor finding my way to the kitchen.… Continue reading

  • Spiritual Thermometers & Coffee

    December 14, 2014 There is a basic thermometer hanging outside the kitchen window. I like its simplicity, though I have to put on my glasses to know the temperature closer than a plus or minus five degrees. The location allows… Continue reading