Everything I need is right here, right now

"It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey." Wendell Berry   I came home on Wednesday afternoon to find our cat, Noah, barely moving. Noah is a very…

Our hopeful songs

Worry is such a waste of our lives. Trying to figure out how to deal with things that might be a problem in the future, is taking a step in the direction of creating the very situations that will have to be dealt with (if they do occur). Worrying about tomorrow also takes the life…

Watch your step

I hardly ever watch or listen to the news. I'm happy about this. A few days ago, my son Matt finished up filming for a T.V. show that he works on called, The Deadliest Catch. It's filmed in Alaska, and I guess they just had a storm that was the biggest one in 40 years.…

Too much information

Last evening, I heard a mew outside. I knew that it wasn't one of our cats (or our neighbor's cats). It was the cry of a kitten, but I couldn't see it. I went outdoors, in the fading light, trying to see if I could locate the direction of the crying and caught a glimpse…

Life is a daring adventure (and winner of earrings!)

    When my son Matt was in high school, we shared my car.  My parents let me use one of the family cars as much as I wanted, when I got my license (at 16 ), and I remembered the fantastic feeling of freedom driving out of our driveway, picking up 3 or 4…