Milestone. We love all our grandchildren. One of them achieved a milestone this week. Andrea Tilstra earned her Ph.D. from The University of Colorado. We had the privilege of watching her dissertation defense via zoom. She will begin a three-year Read more…
Today’s topic is brief. Please do not let the brevity mislead you into thinking the topic is unimportant. I believe the point is very important because the idea applies to so many areas of our thinking, writing and speaking. I Read more…
Continuing the theme of positive blogs, I have a collage of thoughts about generosity. Our church made a call to establish a COVID discretionary fund. From time to time some people need help meeting their needs. They may be very Read more…
I continue our journey through positivity with a look at kindness. The day I began writing about kindness a friend sent me a poem, The Mower by Phillip Larkin that included the following line: “Of each other, we should be Read more…
We are back to full speed. Jeny had a rough couple of days but is doing very well now. Thanks again for your interest and concern. I have had a blog on love and a blog on joy. Continuing my Read more…
Jeny had her surgery for removal of a cancerous Squamish cell on Monday. We appreciate the many prayers and good wishes for both of us in our recent bouts with skin cancer. Jeny was not to drink wine for 7 Read more…
JOY: I received a lot of positive feedback on the blog about love. My thanks to the many who responded. Given the weather, COVID and politics, I think we want to hear good news and love is good news. Another Read more…
If I am honest with myself, I know that much of my early feelings of love were my sex drive masquerading as romance. I expect many people if they are honest had the same experience. That is not a negative Read more…
2021 was a year of awakening for me. I learned of more serious racial atrocities than any time in my life. Previously I mentioned some examples. In the summer of 1919, within my parent’s lifetime, 20 major race riots occurred. Read more…
In keeping with my fight to overcome my human tendency toward confirmation bias, I have consciously been attending to both conservative and liberal sources of information to form my opinions. I encourage others to do likewise. In comparing the two Read more…