Category Archives: Love

Teach Your Children Well

[There’s one video at the end of this post. Please click the link above to read/watch directly from the website.] Some things we learn as children are best unlearned as adults. God bless my dear grandfather. He taught me so many important things, like the importance of faith, family and character. He was very embodiment of the best of the Irish temperament: funny, resilient, faithful, … Continue reading Teach Your Children Well »

The Story of Sam the Peacemaker

Lord, let me be an instrument of Thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light, and where there is sadness, joy. ~ St. Francis Prayer  Now, that’s quite a prayer, isn’t it? The first time I encountered the prayer I was in the lobby of the convent where … Continue reading The Story of Sam the Peacemaker »

Friendship

[There’s a tiny video at the end of this post. Please click the link above to read/watch directly from the website.] Dear friends — As Marsha and I celebrate Thanksgiving this year, our thoughts — are with you. “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you…I could walk through my garden forever.”  Tennyson  Indeed: Isn’t having a friend one of the … Continue reading Friendship »

The Humanity Found in the Crevices

[There are videos in this post. We recommend clicking the link above and reading/watching directly from the website.] “Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door, Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span; Oh give relief, and Heaven will bless your store.” ~ Thomas Moss  A thought on the humanity of those who live in … Continue reading The Humanity Found in the Crevices »

The Overview Effect: William Shatner

Marsha and I are off on a brief holiday to the Oregon coast. Greetings from Manzanita: click here for a 23-second video. As we gather a little inspiration for our next post we thought you might be taken by this reflection by William Shatner (actor who played Captain Kirk on the original Star Trek) on his Blue Origin space shuttle flight on October 13, 2021. … Continue reading The Overview Effect: William Shatner »