My koi pond has a little waterfall. The sound of water cascading down the rocks sooths me when I stand there. I love listening to the surf at oceanside as well as the song of the water tumbling over the… Continue reading

Yesterday I stood next to yet another grave and spoke those words ‘ashes to ashes, dust to dust’ as we laid the body of my father in law in the ground. Grief has become a familiar friend. I did not… Continue reading

Remember when you were a child and you played at some role?  Dad bought me an old car to run in our farm fields when I was about 13. Gunning that little Plymouth Valiant around the dirt oval in made,… Continue reading

There are those who love camping. They leave their houses – compete with comfortable beds, air conditioning, and bathrooms – to live in a tent where they can experience all those wonderful things like insects, sleeping bags, and campfire meals.… Continue reading

The frustration, the disappointment, the apparent lack of options made a person I was meeting with feel boxed in, wondering what to do next. Every choice available had such cost – come, go, stay, walk away?  I could empathize!  Dealing… Continue reading

For two days my focus has been with Dad Catalano (my father in law) as his body is failing.  The strong hands that could take some pine boards and make a beautiful table lie folded, occasionally feebly moving in slow… Continue reading

Imagine going to your doctor to talk about severe digestive issues and having her obsess on a hangnail she saw on your hand! Silly, isn’t it?  You would object, “Dr. my hangnail is an issue but it’s tiny compared to… Continue reading

The songs were raised, the sermons preached – Easter has come and gone – now what?  It is not a bad question, really.  For some churches it’s on to the ‘next big thing,’ another program designed to stir excitement, to… Continue reading

Good Friday is a curious name for a day when we recall that the Son of God was laid in the darkness of His grave!  But, we know that the joy of Easter would not exist without this dark day.… Continue reading

The recent incident on a United Airlines flight where a passenger resisting being ‘bumped’ from the flight was forcibly (some might say violently) removed from the airplane has been all over the news. While there are two sides to that… Continue reading