4 days ago4 minFledglingThere was a whir of wings, a little flash of grey and white, and a tiny bird landed on the outer edge of the deck. We held our breaths.
Apr 133 minFawnThere are deer, birds, foxes, wildflowers and more. But you have to look. Lawrence looks with eyes that see things others tend to pass by.
Jan 135 minStrike a Balance: COVID Info Plus Some Fun Three parts to this post: COVID Info & Resources, Good News about COVID, and Fun Ways to Distract Yourself from Bad News. Read any or all!
Dec 8, 20214 minLet There Be SongsNever really listened to the words for any Grateful Dead songs. True statement. Never listened to or looked at the words, fool that I was.
Nov 3, 20213 minSilence: Three (Very Short) StoriesOn the backside of that hill the incessant noise of traffic and construction was buffered out…so we could drink in the silence as well.
Oct 27, 20212 minWhen I Am Among the TreesSometimes I slow down enough to tune into a tree, enough--perhaps--to hear the trailing notes of an ancient song.
Oct 6, 20213 minFurther Adventures in Mindfulness: By a Bumbling PractitionerIf I allow my mind to still, if I let go of my need to control, sometimes I ease into a quiet state where time does not hold me captive.
Sep 22, 20214 min27 Varieties of GratitudeWhen others are grateful toward you for what you have done, it makes you want to do more for them. This has the same effect on...
Sep 15, 20214 minSwiss Cheese and the Pandemic: A Few COVID ResourcesThink of COVID protection as if it were Swiss cheese. Each slice has holes somewhere, but if we are strategic about the placement...
Aug 18, 20214 minEasily AmusedLawrence and I share a trait that has always been a gift to us, but has proven to be especially helpful during the pandemic--we are both…
Jun 16, 20211 minMy Shortest PoemThis is a good sequel for almost all of the tools I've shared over the last year. In fact, it is probably the most important concept of all.
Apr 21, 20213 minHealing into the New Normal: Gentle Re-Entry as the Pandemic Begins (we hope) to Ease When astronauts go through re-entry, they may be coming back home to some semblance of "normal" but no one expects re-entry to be simple.
Feb 3, 20213 minIn Falling and In RisingSomething so beautiful & unusual that it follows you around for days, rising again & again from hidden stairways of your heart...
Jan 6, 20215 minSmall Seeds of Hope: A Short Cat-alogue of Playful PoemsI love to play with words & to read others who do that well. Here are three lighthearted--and cat-intense--poems. For fun!
Oct 21, 20204 minSmall Seeds of Hope: It's Amazing How Much How Little Will DoSometimes a tiny shift can solve a big problem...
Oct 14, 20203 minSmall Seeds of Hope: A Lighthearted Story...in Fifteen (Short) Stanzas And now for something completely different...a children's story, in verse, about a young girl and her great-grandmother. Just for fun.
Sep 16, 20204 minSmall Seeds of Hope: Big Bang...or Big Birth?So I started musing...wow, what if the universe is giving birth to itself? What if God is giving birth to the universe?
May 27, 20203 minSmall Seeds of Hope: Take a Nap"You should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up inside of you until it touches everything..."
May 7, 20202 minAnti-Covidanxiety Toolkits: Lists of Tools Here is the list of all the tools in all the toolkits so far. Or consider it an atlas of maps. Take what you like and leave the rest!
Apr 30, 20204 minAnti-covidanxiety toolkit #7: Hands-onHands are incredibly, marvelously, terribly important. We've all become hugely aware of that over the last few weeks...