Scroll down to below the text for a video version Letter to the New York Symphony Orchestra By Helen Keller, March 24, 1924 “Dear friends: I have the joy of being able to tell you that, though … [Read more...]
On Writing Denim Spirit
A NOTE...to those reading this on my website rather than in the newspaper: Denim Spirit is a weekly column that appears each Wednesday in The Finger Lakes Times (NY. Cir. 30,000) and the references … [Read more...]
Poetry & Historical Fiction – Palm Sunday
A video version follows this written text Easter is poetry and Palm Sunday is historical fiction. Don’t get mad yet, historical fiction can be and is composed of actual facts and real … [Read more...]
Is it okay to poison dogs?
I realize not everyone likes dogs. Some people prefer cats, some birds. Some get along with plants while others keep fish. I get it, or at least intellectually I accept it. But really, a dog... A … [Read more...]
Jesus Gets a Massage
Video version posting on YouTube Sunday, April 3 at 9:45 AM This story about Jesus getting a therapeutic massage is one of the few stories about Jesus that is actually included in all four … [Read more...]
Is it a wonderful life?
A haze of white flakes pelted my face with the temperature in the teens on Monday morning. Dog and I leaned in against the wind as March roared like a lion with forty mph wind gusts. By mid-morning I … [Read more...]
Guess what matters?
Scroll down for video version The armchair preachers were wondering what the word for this week would be. On Lent One it was “fear,” Lent Two “loss,” Lent Three “thirst.” If there is one word … [Read more...]
Aging Spirits
Burris School, K-12, Muncie, Indiana I grew up in a Midwestern rust belt college town about the size of Utica, NY. When I was young the assembly lines were humming -- Westinghouse, Borg Warner … [Read more...]
Thirst
Today’s reflection is rooted in Isaiah 55:1-9 The poem, “All Thirst Quenched” by Lois Red Elk The hymn, “Come to the Water.” A video version follows the text Okay, there … [Read more...]
You and Me and Putin
Earth is a single cell in the body of something so vast we can’t even imagine it. All we can do is stutter the word, “God.” Cells are subject to cancer and neurodegenerative disease so the nucleus … [Read more...]
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