Zipping Around the Sun on a Big Blue Marble
What if you had spent New Year’s Eve in the Space Station, looking down, watching midnight roll across the globe? Would you have had a sense of the passage of … Continue reading
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Hang on to Your Hope
When I was a child, my older sister asked me if I’d like to play “52 Pickup” with her. I was delighted to have a chance to be included, since … Continue reading
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Paddling Toward a Fresh Route—the Light You Cannot See
Aren’t you astounded by the impact of a single glimmer of hope in what seems like hopeless darkness? What if the glimmer doesn’t show? Can you still believe it’s there? … Continue reading
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Gratitude of the Heart
Okay, so we’re concentrating on being thankful…but where do we begin? Setting aside the history and mythology of the holiday, if we focus on gratitude, we need a starting point. … Continue reading
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Blood from a Turnip—Collecting Funds from the Don’t-Have-Much Folk
“If you could sign up for a monthly donation…” I haven’t bothered adding up the amount of money I would need to agree to all the pleas for funds I … Continue reading
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The Courage to Write Your Truth
I think of myself as a writer—not with conviction and joy, but reluctantly, as one accepts a difficult assignment from which she knows she will walk away bruised and maybe … Continue reading
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2017: Something Completely Different
The year we knew is ending, and darkness swirls around us. We can’t guess what will come next—especially in 2017 when change is the only sure bet. We peer into … Continue reading
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Soothing the Savage Beast (Me) with Music
What do you do when you feel ragged and the source of your depressed frustration is something over which you have no real control? Yup, I caught election blues. Actually, … Continue reading
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From Author Tom Puetz: “My Mom, my Dad and Me”
It was deep in the winter of 1995. Mom was at the end of a long illness. She was dying. We called for the parish priest. He came and administered … Continue reading
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Starting Fresh!
Except for the allergies (“Out, out dammed snot!”—my apologies to Shakespeare), we’re glad to see spring. We think of spring as a time of rebirth, renewal, and fresh starts. What … Continue reading
