Remembrance on a rainy day

March 17, 2016
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Mercilessly, the rain beat down from a grey sky. As I clicked my windshield wiper lever to high,  I looked up at the Santa Cruz mountains framing the road,  the same...
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On the day I die

March 10, 2016
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I don't read a lot of blogs by men, but this one, well, I read regularly.  Stuff That Needs to be Said by John Pavlovitz, a minister and pastor with a profound message....
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It’s the Afterlife calling…

February 22, 2016
I don't climb mountains or swim with the sharks. No, my risk-taking is living with an open heart and an open mind. It's amazing what can  happen if you live as though...
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What we don’t know

February 15, 2016
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We don't know what we don't know.  I love this thought, because for me it sums up the question of whether or not there is an afterlife, a place we go to when we no...
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Shaken, not stirred

February 4, 2016
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The unexpected death of a loved one can shake you to the core. Oh, of course, I should have expected it. She was, after all, undergoing treatment for two different...
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Remembering your life

December 29, 2015
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It began as a hike, a way to get some exercise, in a small, hilly city nearby. We had every intention of really pumping up the intensity of our walk,  but then,...
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You have been my delight

December 28, 2015
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When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. ~Kahlil Gibran Like a movie...
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Not death, but Homecoming

November 1, 2015
El Dia de los Muertos begins today, the Mexican religious holiday we know as the Day of the Dead or All Souls Day. Festive celebrations are held to honor dead loved...
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Teachers of life, teachers of love

September 5, 2015
I ran across this bag in Maui on the weekend that Oliver Sacks and Wayne Dyer began their next great adventure. It struck me that they were two men who made their work...
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How to die

July 10, 2015
 Dying is one of the ceremonies of life. - Ram Dass Most of us run from the idea of death as if it were the devil itself. But as we age, we can't escape the thought...
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