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  • The Miracle of an Ordinary Afternoon

    “Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand; life itself is the miracle of miracles.” — George Bernard Shaw I was on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, attending a business meeting. We had flown into San Juan before transferring to small, six-seater planes for the short flight to the island. It was an adventure in itself, flying in such a small aircraft, with the Caribbean stretching out below us. We were…

  • What does it Mean to Look Your Age?

    “The contents of a woman’s handbag — there’s something terribly intimate about it because it’s hidden.”— Justine Picardie, author of Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life Looking at this photograph, could you guess my age? There are sunglasses, lipstick, a wallet, keys, a phone and the usual assortment of things I consider necessary for getting…

  • Uncomplicated, More Time to Notice

    Ignacio L. Vallarta, Miguel Miramontes Carmona, Puerto Vallarto I like old bookstores, the smell of coffee brewing, rainy day naps, farmhouse porches, and sunsets. I like the sweet simple things that remind me that life doesn’t have to be complicated to be beautiful. Brooke Hampton This photo was taken on a walk near the shore…

  • What Autumn Knows

    A Walk in the Woods “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald I’m anticipating cooler weather later this week. I believe fall is in the air. Autumn is never a sure thing in Colorado. Some years it seems we go directly from summer to winter, and…

  • The Grace of Enough

    Puerto Vallarto, photo by my son Satiety depends not at all on how much we eat, but on how we eat. It’s the same with happiness, the very same…happiness doesn’t depend on how many external blessings we have snatched from life. It depends only on our attitude toward them. There’s a saying about it in…

  • A Different Person Then

    The Bird Girl, Sylvia Shaw Judson, Savannah, Georgia “It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”— Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Weren’t we all different people then? We are the sum total of what we’ve experienced through the years. If I think back forty years, or even twenty, I’m…

  • Choosing My Battles

    Keep Calm and Carry On Motivational poster by the British government 1939 “Keep calm and carry on” is often easier said than done. Whether it’s a verbal confrontation, a personal dilemma, or a reaction to a crisis, it’s easy to let our emotions get the better of us. The desire to strike out at whatever—or…

  • Let August Finish

    The Last days of summer. Photo by my son “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Annie Dillard Suddenly, the calendar has sped forward to the end of August. The hot days at the beginning of the month will soon cool and slide into the evening chill of autumn.…

  • The Pull of Home

    “There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.”— Jane Austen Home is my favorite place. I’ve worked to create a space where I genuinely want to be. Because of that, I cannot envision having a job that required me to travel all the time. Given a choice between another hotel room and my…