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Angels Among Us

A friend told me a story yesterday of a shuttle driver she met on a recent trip to New Orleans. While she and her husband were riding to the airport in the shuttle, the driver made two short unscheduled stops. Each time he reached into an ice chest beside him and gave a sandwich and bottle of water to a man who met him at  the shuttle driver’s window. They shared a blessing together and then the shuttle driver drove on. Hearing stories like this makes me believe that there are Angels Among Us doing what they can to spread Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Hoar Frost

When I looked out the windows this morning, all the trees were covered with white. At first I thought snow must have fallen during the night. But as I looked at the world around our house I realized that everything was covered with Hoar Frost! When hoar frost forms, it doesn’t last long. By noon most of it was gone. As I gazed with joy at the white coated world outside I wondered what conditions caused hoar frost to form. So I looked it up. {hoar frost} forms when the water vapor in the air comes into contact with solid Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Morning Walk With Camera

Morning Walk With Camera On this mild late December morning I took a walk in the neighborhood with my camera. The skies were cloudy and the landscape somewhat stark with lots of white snow covering the ground and dark bare trees and bushes along the way. We have finally lost the beautiful coating of frozen snow on everything that created such a winter wonderland all around us. All things are meltable, and replaceable. Not at this moment, but soon enough, we are lambs and we are leaves, and we are stars, and the shining, mysterious pond water itself. ― Mary Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Reflecting and Imagining

For many the end of the year is a time of setting resolutions for the new year. But for me, it’s a time of Reflecting and Imagining What was 2022 like for me? How did it stretch me? What surprised me, saddened me, brought me joy? And what do I want to keep on doing, what do I want to change, and what new things do I want to experience? One of the things I used to do when I was leading software development teams was schedule regular reflection meetings with the teams I was leading We asked some of Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Life Force

As I watch the birds gathering at my bird feeders this sub-zero morning I am filled with wonder and admiration of their survival in these frigid temperatures. The Life Force is truly amazing. We humans imagine that we are the most intelligent life form and that we stand at the top of a long line of evolution, when in reality, we are enmeshed in and intertwined with all life forms. The deeper we search and the more we learn the more connected everything is to everything else. …and we all go tumbling down the genetic line together. It’s a delicious Read more…

By Marilyn, ago