How Great Thou Art Wednesday, November 6, 2024 I often take a “Vespers Walk” most evenings at sunset. I need one today. Deliberately, I place reactions to yesterday’s election on the back burner. I open myself to whatever the universe brings to my eyes, my mind and my spirit. Lately, gratitude appears, filling my soul […]
Donna, The Grandma Jep of Berkley Essay #4
Donna, The Grandma Jep of Berkley Sunday, September 22, 2024 I stopped by the Neighborhood Shoppe for a bottle of wine on the way home. It’s a little store nearby, perfect to grab a cold drink or a freshly made pizza, find that needed spice, a banana or a bag of ice. It is the place to […]
Vespers Walk Essay #3
Vespers Walk Tuesday, October 29, 2024 An autumn sun low in the sky signals the time of rest is approaching. Nature drops her “green screen” of chlorophyll, moving sugars to the roots for the season of rest. A couple of frosty nights produce colors in the branches. Leaves light up like torches in ostentatious colors […]
Dear Christine, To Tell or Not To Tell in Taylor
Dear Christine My wife has been taking some medication recently that is clearly helping her anxiety and OCD, however, she developed a noticeable twitch in (her) eyes. Fluttery blinking, more in one eye than the other so it’s very noticeable to people. She see seems unaware of it and so far I haven’t brought it […]
Dear Christine, Wounded in Westland
Dear Christine, So this girl left me a couple of months ago and I can’t get her off my mind. I think about her constantly and she says I make her sick to her stomach. I really think she was the one and I loved her like I’d never been hurt before. I don’t take […]
Dear Christine, Confused in Clinton Twp
Dear Christine, I’m a little disturbed by a recent situation I had with a friend. This friend is making me feel crazy as if I did something wrong. This friend has been platonic the entire time I’ve known him and I have NEVER given off any Indication and I’ve never told this friend that there […]
Vespers Walk Essay #3
Vespers Walk Tuesday, October 29, 2024 An autumn sun low in the sky signals the time of rest is approaching. Nature drops her “green screen” of chlorophyll, moving sugars to the roots for the season of rest. A couple of frosty nights produce colors in the branches. Leaves light up like torches in ostentatious colors […]
Practicing Bach on Piano Essay #2
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 Practicing Bach on Piano After decades away from pianos, I bought an old baby grand two years ago. I discovered the poor piano had gone through a flood and needed the legs and pedal box repaired. It was a bonding experience for me and this Vos and Sons 1925 beauty. Likewise, age has graced […]
What if…. Essay #1
What if…. January 10, 2025 What if I could treat myself with the compassion and generosity I give reflexively to others? Just be. Just be. I expect more of myself than I would ever expect of anyone else. And that can lead to paralysis. And self-judgment follows my stuckness. And it’s dark all the time […]