5th Annual Blog Cookie Exchange: An Invitation

Yes! We are doing it again! Five years now! And thank you for the hundreds dozens OK, none, really of inquiries unspoken vibrations sent in this direction, wondering whether we would have it this year. That does mean SO much to me! (You know, that I could just FEEL that [...]

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My 9-11 Post

It’s still the same. It’s here. Have a safe and thankful day.

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Sunday Post

“One day [my] teacher, Frederick Wilkerson, asked me to read to him. I was twenty-four, very erudite, very worldly. He asked that I read from Lessons in Truth, a section which ended with these words: ‘God loves me.’ I read the piece and closed the book, and the teacher said, ‘Read it again.’ I pointedly [...]

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I’ve Got a Secretrant

Can you keep a secret?
I can. With the best of them. It’s part of what I do for a living. And that may be part of why I really don’t like to do it in real life. Let me amend that. It’s not that I don’t like keeping confidences. [...]

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Artism

While visiting virtual friends recently, I was reminded of how very much I enjoy children’s artwork. William sent others here to see the turkeys and the snowmans (perhaps my favorite posts here), and he showed us the chilling charming examples of his own artwork. The depravity imagination depicted there was inspiring. At [...]

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Sunday Post ~ "Do not waste time bothering w…

Sunday Post ~ “Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone you will presently come to love him.” — C. S. [...]

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Sunday Post ~ "Let us not look back in anger o…

Sunday Post ~ “Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.” – James Thurber
Matthew 6:25-34
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WTF Q & A: Non-celeb Edition

Q. So really, is there any news?
A. There wasn’t until today. There were just people telling me, “Yep, it looks like what you think has happened is probably what has happened. But you are the only person in the world that this has ever happened to, ever ever ever, and there [...]

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WTF Q&A: Celebrity Edition

Sometimes I get so tired of thinking and talking about WTF. My symptoms often give me no choice regarding the thinking part, but I do try to limit talking about it. Still, I know that some people would like an update. I’ve decided that instead of my talking more about it just [...]

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Sunday Post ~ "The two biggest questions to as…

Sunday Post ~ “The two biggest questions to ask ourselves in life, at any age, are: Are most of the people I know glad that I am here? Am I glad that I am here, myself? Anyone who can honestly answer ‘YES’ to those two questions most of the time [...]

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