Let death tremble, Bukowski tells us

February 7, 2013
A poet and a sage.Here is the full quote: For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered.  But for those of us who can’t readily accept...

Death be not proud

January 20, 2013
 Death, be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrowDie not, poor death, nor...

Allow joy to sit with grief

December 21, 2012
Death is a hot button issue, no doubt about that.   We're confused and inconsistent about it. This is not the first time I've wondered why we don't celebrate...

Warming others with the light of our love

December 16, 2012
What happens when you visit with your parents? You talk, right? You talk about what you're doing, what they're doing, what others are doing. If you're lucky enough...

The new normal

December 9, 2012
photo taken in Morocco How many times in life do we have to adjust to the "new normal?" When life gets turned upside down and we're dealt an unfamiliar...

Turn resistance into joy

October 10, 2012
Curly Girl Design The night was the worst; she couldn't understand how anyone slept.  ...sometimes a moment of unconsciousness stole over her  but then she...

What is heaven like?

October 7, 2012
I read this the other day: ... consider adoration without status, admiration without rank;  wisdom without authority and knowledge without power.  To be wise, to...

Life before death

September 16, 2012
Santa Cruz, July 2011 There IS life before death. Make the most of it....

The paradox of death

July 22, 2012
 Because I could not stop for Death,He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality.  -Emily Dickinson It's always seemed curious...

For J.

July 8, 2012
Prayer: We give him back to you, O Lord, who first gave him to us, yet as you did not lose him in the giving, so we do not lose him by his return. For what is...

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