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Reflection
Sometimes when many words have been spoken, a time of silence is renewing. Being with and not doing for is a wonderful change of habit. After an intense period of time, a shift in focus brings new awareness. Sometimes a picture is…
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Discovering the Grain
My father was a German master cabinet maker. New projects began with a trip to the small town lumber yard where we lived. He would look through the various offerings and then make a choice based on the end use , the hardness or softness, the straightness of the piece, the unique grain running…
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Something Old is New Again
It’s very interesting how things that we’re struggling with “all of a sudden” resolve. One day, without notice, something that has been taking away so much of our physical and mental effort, finds it proper proportion in our life, or even disappears. It was one of those weeks for me. I was grateful for…
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Swimming
Hello Dear Readers, Like the beautiful colored trout in a Colorado stream, I’ve been a bit “under water” (groan) for the last few weeks and thus no blog. In addition to the opportunities and change in routine in the heat of summer, there have been major transitions in our small family and in…
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Endings
With major transitions, come new challenges and responses. This sound so obvious, but ask the survivors of a bombing in Boston if their lives will not be forever changed as they navigate their way through through emotional, physical, and spiritual challenges? How about our neighbors in Texas whose town blew up ? What about…
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When my oldest son was little I gave him a book that was in my toy consultant sample packet. The title: “Little While Friends.” He received it just before we went on a family road trip one summer where we explored three towns named Keystone in three states … among other things. Stopping to…
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Night Sky
I grew up in a small village in South Central Nebraska. Whenever I wanted to see the stars on a clear night, I looked up. Living in a city these many years later, I can look up and see some stars in…
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Dancing In The Moment
We are most anxious it seems when we think back to what was or forward to what will be. Regrets for actions taken or not taken; fearful for actions to be taken and so on. I’ve been reflecting a bit this week…
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Nebraska author Willa Cather once said: “Some things you learn in calm, some things in storm…” The last two weeks I’ve had the privilege and pain to learn in both conditions. In the calm of this week, the storm of vertigo and…