Are “feet of clay” really just human flaws?

June 24, 2026
Surprise, surprise. Deepak Chopra was an Epstein buddy. Cesar Chavez raped women and minors. Many big names appear in the files in what seem to be incriminating ways. Powerful men and yes, women, too, overlooked, ignored or even took part in nefarious activities. Horrific things happened....

Simple, Rustic Stone Fruit Upside-Down Cake

July 29, 2013
Summer's the season for sweet and juicy stone fruit, a delicious dessert all by itself. Our organic box had an abundance of plums and pluots last week, more than we...

Amsterdam: a true Dutch treat

July 28, 2013
It's the traveler's dilemma: return to favorite places or explore someplace new?  When a place enchants and charms ---I can think of so many--Rome, London, North...

Secret box of dreams

July 27, 2013
  This is a secret box. Ok, a box like this can't be much of a secret, right? Maybe it's not a secret. But it's a place to hide our dreams, the ones...

We get by with a little help

July 26, 2013
The Beatles also said it well: We get by with a little help from our friends. John Donne said No man is an island. And I'm fond of saying We're all in this...

Of princes, fairy tales & mortality

July 25, 2013
Who doesn't love a good fairy tale?  Even as we grow up and realize how rarely they come true, most of us never lose our appreciation for the happy story, the...

Everyone’s our teacher

July 24, 2013
  This is such a hard concept to learn, but such a useful one. The Divine sends us challenging people, difficult people, to help us learn, that's what I think,...

Awakening from the nightmare of youth

July 23, 2013
Happy birthday to ME! And trust me, I plan to have a really good one! I awakened from the nightmare of youth a long time ago, thank God. Age has brought with it the...

Changing our country one person at a time

July 22, 2013
What would it mean to live in a city whose people were changing each other’s despair into hope? – You yourself must change it. – what would it feel like to...

Mistakes & decisions

July 21, 2013
When you repeat a mistakeit's not a mistake any more.It's a decision. Paul Coelho said that and it's wise beyond measure. I could write more about it, but why bother?...

Instant karma got her

July 20, 2013
Some people might call it superstition and maybe it is. But there are enough age-old aphorisms along the lines of "you'll reap what you sow" that there's something to...

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