The Earth is a Very Small Stage (Carl Sagan Quote)
There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world.
Hope
Post Election Bits and Clips 2024
It’s time to stop being bewildered, and start rolling up our sleeves. It’s not over until Love wins.
America Awakening (Book Review)
I can’t recommend this book highly enough, and only wish I read it sooner, so I could recommend it sooner.
Mastery and Diligent Practice
Take the time to be thorough, conscientious, and devoted to what you are practicing. Your progress will be your joy.
How to Know a Person (Book Review)
This book is a deep dive into human connection, and which you’ll agree is important.
Blessing Those You Don’t Know
It is a wonderful way to engage in your world, feel connected with it and take nothing for granted.
The Need to Grow (Movie Review)
It is an environmental film with some solutions to offer, so more hopeful than most on this topic.
Human Will Dethroned (Quote by Paul Stark Seeley)
The human self must be lost in love, the human will dethroned…
My New Year’s Resolution for 2024: Use What You Have
A Firm Foundation (pastel) by Polly Castor I have so much! And I find having a yearly theme a helpful focus, not as a hard, self flagellation reformation tool, but as a gentle, purposeful guide toward intended progress, with plenty of forgiveness and compassion thrown in. Besides, I know it is especially powerful to write … Read more
Assessing Last Year’s Resolution (2023)
I was only partially successful at my “tech” resolution for 2023.
Merry Christmas from our House to Yours
I hope you have a very happy day and know you are deeply loved.
Giving Tuesday (Biannual Request for Donations)
Those of you new to this site may not know that it is crowd funded. What started as a free love offering on my part has now turned into an expensive venture. Because of the sheer size of this site with over 5,400 posts over 15 years with hundreds of thousands of photos, this little … Read more
What to Say and Do About the Israel/Hamas War
We need to empathize with the innocent on both sides, tell them so, and earnestly pray without ceasing for harmony to reign.
Let America Be America Again (Poem by Langston Hughes)
Celebrating our Differences (pastel) by Polly Castor Let America Be America Again Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers … Read more