Yesterday felt like A Perfect Day It was February when we last got together for a family gathering — Jon and I, our oldest daugher Katee and her husband Cory and their two kids, and our youngest daughter Kristi — and it felt like forever. So after assessing the relative Read more…
This morning I felt like painting peonies So I did… using peonies I picked from my garden earlier this week as a model. “A creative life is an amplified life. It’s a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a lot more interesting life. Living Read more…
Yesterday I finished reading Alicia Keys memoir, More Myself: A Journey. One of the conversations she talks about having with a few close friends was of them asking themselves, “What am I here for?” We are here We are here for all of us We are here for all of Read more…
Today when a family of geese wandered into my yard it reminded me of the lessons of nature. In the midst of all the turmoil of the world, I become calm when I contemplate nature.
Yesterday was one of those perfect summer days—with low humidity, a gentle breeze, sunny skies, and low eighties temperatures. While many people in Minnesota, across our country, and around the world marched for black justice, I spent my day taking it easy because of a sore knee. (It’s not a Read more…