Musings

Running up that hill…

I had a really nice moment with an old friend the other day. It started while I was working, and I noticed a snippet online about Kate Bush. I have forgotten what the information was, but as I read it, I heard a song in my head, and it fired

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Opportunity Overload

It’s become apparent to me that my ability to focus is under assault, and it may be a problem that many in my position are dealing with. Numerous opportunities arise on a day-to-day basis, making it challenging to remain on track with any one of them. I see a direction

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Come Apart or Come Apart

Recollection is a wonderful word. It speaks of a state of integration when the bits and pieces of our fragmented beings are “re-collected” and there is a sense of greater wholeness or oneness with God. All of ordinary life seems calculated to scatter us — the dirty house that always

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Tiki Redux

Memory is a perplexing phenomenon. Some things stick, and others don’t. That stickiness is often attributed to the importance we ascribe to the event, but I think there are other factors at play… I was taken aback recently by a simple question that conjured a memory of an insignificant event

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Squirrel Tales and The New Year

Squirrels rarely get my full attention yet they are consistently in my life regardless of where I go. As the new year begins to unfold, a recent run-in made me think back on other encounters with these bristly geniuses and ponder some wisdom they offer in its simplest form.  As

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