Jan. 14, 2024Ninety-five. That’s how old the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., would be tomorrow if he were still with us. I don’t know that I can say much about the man and his legacy that hasn’t been said, so I won’t try. But I will say that his dream is the life vest that …
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Hopeful Puzzle Pieces
I should be planning for the week right now, but inspiration struck. I was listening to The Creative Weirdos, a podcast I learned about this morning. The host and his guests were discussing David Lynch and Twin Peaks. About an hour into the episode, they brought up Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity, …
Teacher/Nurse, Nurse/Teacher
This is a bit of a long walk, but stick with me. I promise I have a point to make about teaching. My wife and I just got home from a funeral for a friend of ours. A wonderful woman who lives - I use the present tense because her spirit is still very much …
Of Birds and Acorns
It’s a quiet, cloudy, Sunday morning. There’s the kind of calm in the air that suggests the strong, green embrace of summer will soon give way to the weaker, multi-hued hug of autumn. The only sounds are the dull hum of insects, the gentle snore of my dog, and the low rumble of cars pulling …
The 5th of July
It’s a hard year to celebrate the 4th of July. We are a country that takes rights away, and all signs point to more disappearing soon. We are a country confused by the concept of freedom of religion. We are a country where hooded white nationalists march with police protection while BLM, pro-choice, and other …
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