Shortly after Beth and I moved into our new home in Clarkston, we started working on cultivating our garden. In a preliminary move which entertained the neighbors no end, we rented a trip of goats – twenty of the creatures, to be precise – which, accompanied by a Great Pyrenee to guard them, spent three… Read More »
My Reflections on 2016 and Aspirations for 2017
What did 2016 mean for you? And how does this inform your aspirations for 2017? 2016 was a year marked by the humanitarian horrors of Syria, by the polarization of Turkey, by Brexit, and by any number of grotesque acts of terrorism. Within the USA we’ve experienced maybe the most divisive and unpleasant American presidential… Read More »
Living With President Trump and Making America Great
The sun came up this morning. It did yesterday, and it will do so again tomorrow. The world hasn’t come to an end. These might be difficult times, but we’ve had worse, and will do again. Here are some thoughts about how to work through the current political divides, both in your own personal life,… Read More »
Three Reasons and Five Times to Say “Thank You”
In a fiercely individualistic world it is easy to believe we make everything happen by our own efforts. Whether it is the success of business endeavors, the accomplishments of our children at school, or the provision of the food on our table, we train ourselves to say, “this is mine”. Even if it is not… Read More »
Five Lessons From a Child That Could Change Your Life
Do you ever yearn to recover the happiness, the freedom, the joy of your childhood? Well you can have it once again! Sure, adults have responsibilities children don’t have; we have to function in a different way in the world. But it’s easy for us to get too caught up in being adults and not… Read More »
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