Cogitation 28 Friday 13 July 2018 Sadness and grief attends the week; my brother, Brian, died on Monday afternoon. Brian fought valiantly in his battle with cancer. His spouse Vivian and their children and grandchildren, extended family, friends, church, and medical teams stood close by Brian in the fight. My sadness and grief are …
Cogitation 27 Saturday 7 July 2018 Blitz, burst, boom, bang . . . for 30 minutes or more fireworks blanketed the sky in many communities, officially marking national birthdays: July 1 in Canada, July 4 in the US. The sky over Rice Field at Elkhart Central High School 11 years ago The …
Cogitation 26 Friday 29 June 2018 I've been sorting through stuff this week and refinished the deck, all the while keeping up regular rambles. It's serious sorting time, purging, pruning, giving the old heave-ho to accumulated things, It's spring cleaning with the other three seasons rolled in. Of course, such is an ongoing process, …
Cogitation 25 Saturday 23 June 2018 What makes a city likable, livable, laudable? Certainly, common factors include a sense of home, safety, opportunity, community pride, and heritage. The overall picture includes jobs, schools, health care, quality of life matters that include recreation, entertainment, food security, and social fabric that promotes diversity, choice, freedom, community, …
Featured image: "God Bless America," a sculpture by Seward Johnson, anchored the 2017 placement of 57 life-size sculptures across Elkhart County. Held-over until this week, the out-sized 25-foot sculpture of father and daughter traveled to Johnson's Iowa boyhood hometown. Cogitation 24 Saturday 16 June 2018 Paul Theroux said his best travel advice is, …
Featured image: Bougainvillea at Potawatomi Conservatory, South Bend, near Potawatomi Zoo. Cogitation 23 Saturday 9 June 2018 This week, for the first time in almost three decades, I visited the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend, Indiana. The Zoo has more than 500 animals. It's a thriving, expanding place. We were surrounded by a …
Featured image: The science and art in the movement of water can lead one to freeing reflection or dreamy abstraction--with thanks to brother-in-law Gerald Miller for piloting the pontoon. Cogitation 22 Saturday 2 June 2018 A tally of the last 10 days would be exhausting were it not for a spot of humor, …
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Featured image: Snuggles welcomes us home to her home on the farm. Cogitation 21 Saturday May 27, 2018 Too much rain. Too little something else. Just enough wet and warm weather for a bountiful asparagus season. Laud to the iris, the spirea, and allium. There's an abundance of beauty rising from the ground. And, as …
Cogitation 20 Saturday 19 May 2018 What a day. I woke up just in time to watch the Royal wedding on television. Following the ceremony I loved the pealing of the church bells at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. It's a day where, at home in the US, I'm still tuned somewhat to the …
Featured image: View toward Godrevy Lighthouse on our walk Friday. Mainland Great Britain has 11,000-plus miles of shoreline, a drop in the ocean of what we've walked, but joy in almost every step. Time soon to hop across the pond. Cogitation 19 Saturday 12 May 2018 Time's up. Time to pack. Time …
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