You don’t have t look very far for opportunities to help other human beings. Canned and dried food collections barrels, bags are easy to find. Local radio and television station are in on the help the less fortunate efforts as well. Listing of drop off places are announced and...
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Inspiration for the holidays
Now that the calendar emails have all been sent, you can no longer sign up for this list. However you see history of all of the messages sent out in December 2016 below. In the spirit of the upcoming holidays, anyone could sign up for an email advent calendar....
An Anonymous Visitor. Please Introduce Yourself.
I think that it was a Tuesday morning, not too long ago. I wasn’t expecting it, and that is when “things” that come out of nowhere often happen. I wonder if “they” plan it that way to catch you off guard. Sometimes I can reach them by talking...
Tired of Saying Ouch!!
I wanted to gather the prickly pear fruit in the worst way. I was willing to risk the consequences which were not inconsequential. The outer prickly needles on the outside of the fruit easily stick to skin causing pain and discomfort for days and sometimes weeks. Every...
She Wanted To Distract. I Wouldn’t Let Her!
I only called because that nagging voice in my head insisted. Otherwise I might have waited. “How are you doing? ” she wanted to know. “Maybe we will get together next week.” Here was the perfect opening. She continued with all of her 98 years of habits and communication...
She is Looking Forward To A New Adventure
Her name is Florence and sometimes she answers when people call her Flo. She is two years shy of 100 which she will not live long enough to celebrate. Cancer, the disease that took her husband (Norman) and her daughter (Kitty) away, is now circulating in her. She isn’t...
The Day I Didn’t Have To Scream!
His lack of compassion and racism overwhelmed me, making it IMPOSSIBLE to remain silent. It didn’t help, or maybe it did help, that I came from a long line of people who didn’t stay silent. Lately it seemed that every time that he said something offensive I verbally stopped...
Healing in the Best Possible Way
Most people I know don’t like having unpleasant and unfinished or bad vibes with other people. Perhaps I am lucky because I seldom have them. I do have one. It has been ongoing since 2000. The details aren’t important,and for privacy reasons, names and details won’t be mentioned. I...
Did It Really Happen?
Less than twenty minutes was left before the farmer’s market would close and I needed to eggs, mushrooms and veggies, and fruit to freeze and turn into ice cream with my old Champion juicer. As I drove, my brain quickly calculated how much it would cost. It didn’t take...
Walk A Mile. Walk 1400? Or Did this Cat Hitch A Ride?
During these difficult times, people want to hear feel-good stories that may seem almost magical. The tales permit us to take a vacation from the heaviness around us, and it reminds us that other “forces” exist in the world that can make things happen. This is one story....