After the snow stopped Friday and the temperature warmed to a balmy 35 degrees I headed over to French Regional Park for a hike. This time of year there are always rafts of coots on the lake, taking time out to rest and eat before migrating further south. I was Read more…
The leaves are falling quickly now and many of the trees whose beauty I cherished days ago are now bare. The river birch tree that we planted in the back yard turned golden on Saturday and today half of its leaves are on the ground. Seeing this and all of Read more…
As I look out my window this morning and watch leaves fall all around I am thinking… It’s not over yet The it, in the sentence above being fall and the time of year when I can bask in the beauty all around me without wearing long underwear, down coat, Read more…
Every day I need a little bit of joy. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy. – Joseph Campbell I bet you do too. So here’s A Little Bit of Joy for today. And Joy is Everywhere; It is in the Earth’s Read more…
This morning I listened to a meditation by Jack Kornfield. In it he helped listeners focus their attention on sound and a mind As Wide As the Sky I love the feeling of expansiveness I get when I imagine mind as wide as the sky. Thoughts and sounds become clouds Read more…