I don’t know about you, but from my vantage point, the world is spinning faster and faster. Dizzyingly fast. Out of control fast. At times, it is hard to hold things together. The image that comes to mind is of that piece of playground equipment we all loved, until we didn’t. Yes, you guessed it, …
With the unofficial start of summer just days away, I begin to think about trips to one of my favorite places. You have planned a day at the beach. The sun is shining and there is not a cloud in the sky. You have your beach chair and umbrella, sunscreen, your favorite book, and a …
This weekend you might be planning to do some work around your house to get it ready for that Memorial Day picnic you are hosting. On the list are both putting down some new deck boards as well as mulching and planting flowers. You’ve checked the forecast; it looks like gorgeous weather. Sunny but not …
Think back to your childhood. One evening you and a friend were lying out in your backyard in the damp green grass looking up at the starlit night and dreaming about the lives that were ahead of you. You had visions for a wonderful life, filled with health, happiness, and prosperity. You had this idyllic …
I am reaching back into the archives today. In this frenzied world in which we live, where stuff comes at us from all angles and at breakneck speed, where what was yesterday no longer is today, where there is just no time to quiet our souls, it seems appropriate to re-post this earlier writing. Maybe …
Music has been around since the beginning of time. Archaeologists have uncovered flutes made of clay and ivory that date back tens of thousands of years. In the 1950s, clay tablets containing what is thought to be the oldest known piece of music, “Hurrian Hymn No. 6,” an ode to the Canaanite goddess Nikkal, were …