A Blood Donation and a Bigger Story

A Blood Donation and a Bigger Story

The other day, Rick went to donate blood. He’s in high demand—O-Negative, a universal donor. The original caveman, which explains a lot. He was in and out in 30 minutes, thanks to great veins and circulation. And—he didn’t even take the free snack. Come on, you know...
The Unknown Door

The Unknown Door

What is a recurring dream you’ve had that is so profound it keeps coming back? Over the last number of years, I’ve had one that stands out: “In my condo (which would take various forms in different dreams as all dreams do), I discovered a door -a door that...
Focus in Uncertainty

Focus in Uncertainty

Are we done yet with New Year’s myriad of invitations to vision and map out a course for 2024: do this, buy that, time is running out on limited offers? With a new F.O.C.U.S** (wait for it) for 2024, I bit the bullet and got an “At-A-Glance” daytimer. I wanted...
Against the Grain

Against the Grain

One of the things I love (and not so great at) is ice skating. Love the sound of the blades cutting into the ice on a brilliant winter day. My nose runneth over with fresh air– hallelujah sinuses. The number of times I skate per year can be counted on a three-toed...
Joy to Your World

Joy to Your World

Just for the heck of it, I watched the 1999 remake of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ with Patrick Steward (aka Jean-Luc Picard) taking on Ebenezer Scrooge. The miserable-est of the miserable. The ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, showed his...
Stuffed

Stuffed

How does the saying go? “Trying to stuff a 50 lb. sausage into a 10 lb. sack.” Not a pretty picture. Raking leaves, I was stuffing as much as I could into one big industrial strength bag – even if that meant laying on the bag to compress for more room. One might...