Post 4/2022 Saturday 22 January . . . Need an escape? If you’re in the grips of winter, this escape will land you in summer in the southern hemisphere. But you really can't get there. In person, that is. By the time you'd get to the land of constant sunlight, summer would have passed. I'm … Continue reading Doorsteps beyond
First sleep, Watch, second sleep
Post 3/2022 Saturday 15 January . . . To bed at 10pm, up at midnight, then back to sleep. If that's you, you're in good company. Ancient company. The company of our pre-industrial era ancestors, who, inexplicably to our modern minds, shared a bed and kept a midnight watch. This custom from the past left … Continue reading First sleep, Watch, second sleep
Hail to winter hereabouts
Post 2/2022 Saturday 8 January . . . Up and down. That's a non-weather forecaster's descriptor for winter temperatures hereabouts in northern Indiana. Early in the week we had good days for walks, however since Wednesday it has been too cold (as in subzero temperatures) to face the elements for any extended time. Today we … Continue reading Hail to winter hereabouts
Rah! Rah! New Year
Post 1/2022 Saturday 1 January . . . It's the first morning of the New Year. Slept in. The dishwasher needs to be unloaded before making coffee. Gray sky. Forecast of rain or snow for this afternoon. Happy for the new day. Mindful of moments past. Grateful for the precious present. Happy New Year! New … Continue reading Rah! Rah! New Year
Our year that was, still is
Post 52/2021 Thursday 23 December . . . I'm looking back to spring forward, offering a pictorial glimpse of our journey through 2021 as we get ready to push or be pushed into the new year. A year that was ponderous. A year beset by the pandemic. A year portentous for the future. A year, … Continue reading Our year that was, still is
Bound for Shipshewana
Post 51/2021 Saturday 18 December . . . It's a week until Christmas. Woo-hoo! Something like that. Among faith traditions, it's a holy season central to Christians. Much on the commercial, secular side though, we're often reminded, gets muddled in with the meaning of the birth of the Christ child in Bethlehem. I've chosen to … Continue reading Bound for Shipshewana
Christmas trees on parade
Post 50/2021 Saturday 11 December . . . We spent a day in Chicago this week. The radiance of Christmas trees met us coming and going, even as caution played out in travel, Christkindl Market, and, except for the Market, smaller numbers of people afoot. Everyone on the South Shore Line, an electrically powered interurban … Continue reading Christmas trees on parade
Transformed by walking
Post 49/2021 Saturday 4 December . . . Converting water to steam, effects a transformation. By boiling water, you change or convert a thing into a different thing. Digesting food converts it to energy. Reading books converts them to entertainment, information, inspiration. Going on a walking pilgrimage can effect a personal transformation. The latter effect … Continue reading Transformed by walking
Friends, Re-Turn Sunday, thanks, books+, trees
Post 48/2021 Saturday 27 November . . . A week ago, we joined Alice and Willard Roth at Cabin Coffee for a breakfast bite and palaver in a heated "igloo." The cafe has two such "igloo" facsimiles. It was fun to watch a dad and two children make the most of the other one. After … Continue reading Friends, Re-Turn Sunday, thanks, books+, trees
A novel idea
Post 47/2021 Friday 19 November . . . I recently read an article about the Human Library. The idea is that this library brings people together just as a regular library does. On its website, the Human Library says it "creates a safe space for dialogue where topics are discussed openly between human books and … Continue reading A novel idea
It's About Now 