Brainstorming 2018: Oh, the Things People Say
Brainstorming 2018 is now just a mish-mash of notes and ideas brewing in the head of each of the four members of my brainstorming group. But wow, did we accomplish a lot. If you’re late coming to the idea of brainstorming and what goes on, you can find lots about what we do here. Meantime,…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: “You are part of their lives”
“When you read about the lives of other people, people of different circumstances or similar circumstances, you are part of their lives for that moment. You inhabit their lives, and you feel what they’re feeling, and that is compassion. If we see that reading does allow us that, we see how absolutely essential reading is.”…
Read MoreWow, What A Week: Book Launch and Assorted Craziness
Well, what a couple of weeks. Let me bore you with the details. Long drive from Florida to New York. Arrived in New York to find substantial damage to the floors of our house by what appears to be a plumber who didn’t do his job correctly or in time. Meetings with professionals to determine…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Dads Are…
Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singer of songs.
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Sunday Inspiration: Comfort Zone
My husband and I are out of our comfort zone right now, traveling to our summer cottage. Chautauqua Institution, where we spend our summers, is a place known for being “at the end of your comfort zone.” As always we’ll hear controversial speakers, talk about difficult issues, listen to concerts we may or may not…
Read MoreReading Challenge: The Great American Read from PBS
Have you ever done something new and exciting, only to discover that everybody else is doing it, too, maybe even before you thought of it? To Read or Not to Read… I started the Read Along With Emilie Richards Reading Challenge for the fun of it after participating in another challenge in 2017. As it…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Graduation
It’s that time of year again. How many of you are participating in or witnessing a graduation this month? There are so many graduations these days, from pre-school to post-graduate. But I find many of the university commencement speeches to be especially inspiring. Here are some of my favorite quotes from this year’s speeches: “College,…
Read MoreNo Good Deeds Go Unpunished?
Have you heard about James and Kimberly Snead? The Sneads are ordinary folks, not rich by anybody’s standards. By their own description in the South Florida Sun Sentinel, they live from paycheck to paycheck and rent their home. When an acquaintance of the Snead’s son was orphaned and had no other place to go, they…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: The Power of Love
Did you see the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle? Beautiful, wasn’t it? And different from the usual royal weddings. As a minister’s wife, I liked the passionate sermon by Bishop Michael Curry. His quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was especially inspiring: ‘We must discover the power of love, the redemptive power…
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