There have been times in my life when I have felt myself to be woefully unprepared. Isle Royale was one such time. I was eighteen, my older sister Dora twenty-three, my younger sister Kathy sixteen, when we embarked. “Explore a rugged, isolated island where wolves and moose abound, far from the sights and sounds of […]
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Psalm 37 has become a favorite of mine over the past couple of weeks. I have read this passage again and again, trying to brand the words into my brain. It is an ode to the triumph of good against evil, a song which says, in my words, “Don’t become angry, stressed out, jealous, or
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“Should we go tubing?” Dora asked the other day. A rare day when the sun was shining beautifully, and we were both at home. “Or do you think it would be wrong, when we have so much work to do?” “Of course it would be wrong.” I laughed evilly. “Let’s go.” After more debate, meant
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There is a movement afoot in America. Very hip, trendy, mod, all that. And it’s green. Can’t forget about the green. This movement takes us back–straight back–to the bosom of warm mother earth. It’ll probably rebuild the ozone layer. This movement is greener than grass. Oh, yeah, it is grass. In writing this blog post,
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I knew a lady–I will call her Mara, which means “bitter.” Mara died in her bed, in her room at the care home where she lived. She was in her seventies when she died, a thin, quiet-faced lady with iron-gray hair. She wore blue jeans, tennis shoes, a sweater. She had a pleasant smile. She
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