It’s always surprising to me that with all the physical limitations there are are in the world, geography, time, resources, that what hampers us most often is the limits we have in our own minds. How often have you heard someone grip about not being able to do something or get something and when you…
There is no way we can actually know the reasons why someone does something, unless they tell us. And even then they may not be able to fully verbalize why they are doing something. Usually we assume they are doing it because they want to for one reason or another. Because they need the money,…
Christmas time has so many stories you could have a video library just for them and double if you go for both the Christian and the secular side of things. Frosty and Rudolph hanging out with the baby Jesus and all. But Thanksgiving is for stories as well. Just not the kind that become cultural…
Let the advertising begin. It’s now November 7 and already the ads for Christmas are playing on all channels and all stores are putting up their holiday displays. Most stores have moved most thanksgiving items except for food prep, out of the stores. I mean,who needs that when Christmas is the money-maker. And that’s what…
I have a friend with an ever surprising way of looking at the world. She’s a visual thinker and she sees everything in 3-d in a way most people don’t. She doesn’t live in the past or really the future, she is all about the ‘now’ and how things work, how they interact, and how…
You know, it’s been a long time since I had a truly late night. Mostly that happens when I have to travel. Have to be there at a certain time, need to get back so I arrive late at night and slog home, happy to flop into bed exhausted. Then the next day is a…
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. I have friends that have long-term relationships and they are enamored of the single life where they could do anything they want at any time. Even though they are happy in relationships they want more freedom. Then I and the other singles look…
It’s impossible for us to know the effects our actions have on others in our day-to-day live. But the small things make a difference. A crappy day can be turned around by a smile and a nice comment. A cheerful attitude can brighten the moment or put things in perspective. Just a little something that…
Samhain or Halloween is considered the day when the barrier between the natural and the supernatural is thinnest. On this day I enjoy the revelry, the creativity, the community as people dress up and party and generally enjoy themselves and indulge in way too much sugar. However I also see the practical in the party.…
Human beings can be as haunted as houses. Not that they are possessed or that there are entities trying to live lives through them. But people can be haunted. Just as placed and objects are affected by the events that occur to them and around them, so are people. Even more so due to our amazingly adaptive…