Cogitation 43/220 Saturday 26 October 2019 How to eat right on the road? It's both a challenge and a pleasure-- with a dash of surprise thrown in. Bites along the way This "big enough for two meals" lemon tart came from an aroma- and eye-rich bakery near our rental apartment in the Hydrostone Neighbourhood of …
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Cogitation 42/219 Saturday 19 October 2019 Art aptly captures the human spirit. That's a topic I touch on in photos in this week's "On The Road" account. The major pleasure of this road trip has been time spent with relatives and friends. That's a highlight, a profound privilege, deeply anchored in communicating face-to-face. There'll be …
Getting around can be a challenge in this day and age, given all the four-wheel vehicles on the road. This Penny Whistle bike is in a bike shop in Lansdale. PA. The age of motoring is scarcely more than a hundred years old. Cogitation 41/218 Saturday 12 October 2019 From Boston to Rockport, (MA), to …
Butterfly garden in State College, Pennsylvania. Cogitation 40/217 Saturday 5 October 2019 Travel is fun, even when heavy traffic, road construction, adverse weather conditions, and weariness enter the picture. One is grateful for new vistas, safe arrivals, and precious interactions with people. Just like the cream that rose in the bottles of milk from my …
We were glad to be part of a surprise birthday party for a great-niece, Melissa. I remember 30 awe-fully well. Cogitation 39.216 Saturday 28 September 2019 There's a new day dawning in the USA where the two main political parties will again be on course to serve the common good. Such is the conclusion I …
How simple and profound . . . making space in a sandbox to build the community now and for the future. It's part of the fabulous Children's Garden at the Wellfield Botanic Gardens, Elkhart. I can almost recall the sense of joy I had when my parents built a sandbox--and when they took us siblings …
The squirrels in our yard have a taste for salad, specifically the petals of the Gerbera daisy. The Gerberas are into their third blooming, even as the squirrels are soon to be busy with burying acorns. Happy for that. Cogitation 37/214 Saturday 14 September 2019 There's more than the benefit of exercise that makes me …
Nod to September Cogitation 36/213 Saturday 7 September 2019 Thankfully, relationships with close friends do not always go smoothly or last without cultivation. What? Thankfully? Friends keep one honest, on track, resilient. In touch with our humanity. Through a friend we can face our vulnerabilities, be there, learn to listen, pay heed, laugh, weep, be …
From a walk on the Greencroft Goshen campus.From a walk through the Goshen College campus. Sandhill cranes on Perrin lake, Michigan. Spotted from a boat ride at the home of John and Jan Schwartz a week ago. Cogitation 35/212 Saturday 31 August 2019 Three notes of thanks surface this week. One. Celebration with friends We …
Rain and wind swept across Oliver Lake Sunday evening a week ago, seen from Mary and Gerald's cottage. Cogitation 34/211 Saturday 24 August 2019 Last weekend the power of nature delighted me with deep thundering chords and stormy deluge. Within days parched grasses turned green again. One of the green areas on the Greencroft Goshen …
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