I’m experiencing an unseasonal, early Christmas morning feeling. Remembering the excitement. Seeing packages and anticipating, wondering what’s within the wrapping. A little later today I’ll be in a “meet and…
This past week was totally different, a change from anything I could have predicted two weeks ago. And it all had to do with peers. On Monday, my second younger…
Have you seen the above photo? If so, would you be so kind as to tell me where? l ask because it’s a remarkable photo. But one surrounded, for me,…
High above the Chicago River, at a top-floor hotel ballroom, the father of the bride looked over at me. It was my turn to toast his daughter and my…
Thanksgiving, The time of year we associate with, and often anticipate, going back home for family gatherings. But it’s 2020. and, due to COVID-19, many of us are being…
The following words, in the form of a prayer by an anonymous author, came to my attention a few days ago. They struck me as worth sharing for your consieration…
Somedays are made and meant to share. Yesterday was one of them. Known in many parts of the United States as Columbus Day to honor the man credited with discovering…
Sometimes, it’s not what you say. It’s what you don’t say. In my opinion, it’s both. Today the sitting-size rock that greets me on my frequent trail walks said nothing. …
Three small, painted rocks, all in a row, positioned atop a sitting-size, big rock greet hikers and bikers at the entrance to a nearby trail. One rock proclaims “Hope.” …
If you’ve tuned into the tv, radio or internet the past few days, you already know thiis-- Monday marked the fourth day of record-breaking temperatures here in the foothills of…