Corpse Prayer

Each year I enjoy some ritual on my birthday. Yesterday afternoon I still did not know what that was to be. Riding to the birthday celebration of our 85 year old friend, I learned of a marvelous exercise called “Corpse Prayer.” It comes from Jarem Sawatsky’s book, Dancing with the Elephants: Mindfulness Training For Those […]

No Ordinary Face

Listening to the wind blowing, thoughts come to mind of how relative our perspective is. A prime example of that is weather.

Bundled up out for a walk, Floridians see Michiganders riding bikes in shirt sleeves.

Americans look into a brimming pantry complaining about nothing to eat.

“No Ordinary Face” was first shared […]

Winter Wonderland

As a writer, generating material is as easy as paying attention to the burr beneath your saddle. On January 5 of this year wishing our granddaughter happy birthday pulled me back 19 years to the day she was born. The words “winter wonderland” — one of the nicknames for Michigan, my home state, were not […]

Kaleidoscope

Last evening I attended my brother-in-law’s wedding. He has been a care-giver for many years for the woman who is now his wife. The hospice spiritual care coordinator performed the ceremony. Theirs is not young love, and the decision for them to marry is not something everyone will understand, but it is precious none-the-less. When […]