I had never had a cat, but I have had many dogs. By my count, I have had 7 dogs in my adulthood and 3 dogs as a child. I have also had one bird and three guinea pigs but still, no cats. I have never really understood cats. They don’t come or sit when you tell them. OK, OK, my dog Oliver doesn’t sit or come either, but at least there is the hope he might. With cats, there isn’t even hope. Plus, I have terrible cat energy. Years ago, while visiting my daughter Lizzy, my time with her cat Dolly..
My great grandmother would come to visit and stay for a couple of weeks each year. Together with my mother they would play piano duets in the evening after I had been..
Being Mortal is a meditation on how the many triumphs of modern medicine have impacted end of life decisions. We have many choices to make as we face death from our..
I had put the job off for several weeks. Excuses were easy: I don’t have time now; it’s not really important; no one will notice. But my compulsive-work-oriented-self..
Illuminating books. We can read that phrase a couple of different ways. Are books, by their contents illuminating? Do they shed new understanding on life’s experiences..
Slide projectors, each with its own carousel, were stacked three high. They were managed by a dissolve unit, and by the creativity of the writer/photographer whose..
One year ago this day, January 6, 2021, this blog’s writers were scheduled for a zoom planning meeting at 3:00. As news from the events unfolding in Washington DC began..
End of the year holiday expectations are often tied to memories of past celebrations. So, back in November I asked about 50 people in leadership at United Church Homes..
The theme for our Advent season blog posts have been “Sign of things to come.” This reflection for the fourth Sunday of Advent is “Moving with Mary’s song.” I have..
When I entered seminary as a 45-year-old adult, I learned a new phrase: “Already, and not yet.” There are many ways that seminarians parse this phrase, but for me, it is..
