Praying Mantis Joins Memorial Week Vigil
I am particularly fond of the song by folksinger Bill Staines called All God's Critters Got a Place in the Choir. The lyrics are: All God's critters got a place in the choir Some sing low, some sing higher Some sing out loud on the telephone wire And some just clap...
The World Beyond by Sri Chinmoy – Book Review
The World Beyond by Sri Chinmoy offers insight into death and bereavement informed by Eastern spiritual philosophy and the author's firsthand wisdom as a spiritual teacher to thousands of seekers around the world. I had been meaning to write about this recently...
Final Moment Farewells
Miraculously perhaps, the last 47 years of my life have been overflowing with life and death has been almost a stranger in the circle of my closest family and friends. Granted death is the great equalizer and it has not passed over my doorstep completely. The grief...
The Tallest Tree – A Giant Among Us Has Died.
Back when I was hunting to buy my first house, my nature and tree-loving inclinations had me secretly hoping for a yard around the house with at least one nice tree. The realtor helping me in this house-finding mission would give me for sale listings in the vicinity...
No Two the Same but All Are One
Maybe it was the misty morning. A dew stew swirled about. Due to a lingering lack of rain, the fall foliage is a little dull this year. Finally today the misty dew coating the leaves during a morning walk before work added a saturation shot better than a Photoshop...
The Gift and Giving of a Child
Today at the library where I work we had a big yard sale, bake sale and raffle of prizes donated by local businesses. It was a fund-raiser to benefit the library which finds itself in danger of losing state certification because of budget reductions in a town facing...
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