Post 43/2021 Saturday 23 October . . . Feeling safe or protected. That makes for peace of mind. Conversely, giving someone a piece of one's mind, even if deserved, can stir up anger and resentment and thwart feelings of safety and protection. This play on words makes me smile. With the second you've gotten something …
Among the headlines
Post 42/2021 Friday 15 October . . . "Canadian among trio of Nobel winners," read the headline in the Waterloo Region Record, Tuesday, October 12, page A9. The opening sentence of the Associated Press story, datelined Stockholm, said, "A U.S.-based economist won the Nobel prize in economics Monday for pioneering research that transformed widely held …
Threads of connection
Post 41/2021 Saturday 9 October . . . Sometimes the threads that connect lives--past to present, in the moment, present to future--surface in unexpected ways. Here's one: The day after I finished reading The Paris Library I read a column in The Newberry Times, titled "Just Bill," Bill Diem wrote about his recent attendance at …
Uncle Orie’s secret
Post 40/2021 Thursday 30 September . . . Uncle Orie made a successful livelihood from a variety of solo business endeavors. I believe his longest product and service line was in fire protection. He was focused on customer service, on helping a prospective client see the value of the exchange. "I don't sell fire extinguishers," …
Our library’s diminution
Post 39/2021 Thursday 23 September . . . The sky wept a little yesterday. I made coffee. Going outside called for wearing a jacket. It was the last day of summer, the first day of fall. Fall in the northern hemisphere started with the autumnal equinox on Wednesday, September 22 at 3:21 pm Eastern Daylight …
Pruning the books
Post 38/2021 Friday 17 September . . . Boxes and boxes of books sit in our garage. They're the remainder of our library already halved over the last dozen years. Our home is plenty roomy, has books on the shelves, but another shelf is not in the offing. I decided this week (Marty having decided …
Monarchs, horses, hawk, bees, picnic
Post 37/2021 Saturday 11 September . . . The ground we covered on foot and by car this week yielded happy encounters. A perplexing discovery, though, involves the need to correct my blog indexing. Today it's Post 37. Last week I entered the 4 September blog as Post 38. Got ahead of myself. Slowed down …
A day out
Post 38/2021 Saturday 4 September . . . "How nice to have a day outside," a passerby said as we waited for our lunch to be served outdoors at Maria's Restaurant in South Haven, Michigan on Friday. "How nice to be out of the house," she added. The day began with breakfast at Hilltop Restaurant …
A word about prayer
Post 37/2021 Sunday 29 August . . . Jeremy Taylor (1613-67), a cleric in the Church of England, prayed, "Teach us to pray often, that we may pray oftener." According to Wikipedia, Taylor was known as the "Shakespeare of Divines for his poetic style of expression." His prayer is relevant today. In my experience, "often" …
Make vacations fun again
Post 35/2021 Saturday 21 August . . . Taking a vacation presents a raft of challenges, mainly related to the dangers posed to personal and community health by the still-with-us pandemic. (Pray that more and more people grasp the true meaning of the words, "pandemic" and "Covid-19 and variants," and do the right thing to …
It's About Now 