Gratitude Friday 9-29-23 – Emerging Out of the Fire
“What if instead of heroically bursting from the fire, a weakened and traumatized bird rises awkwardly, just barely, careening through a...
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- Sep 22
- 4 min
Gratitude Friday 9-22-23 – The Great Migration
“I think the most important quality in a birdwatcher is a willingness to stand quietly and see what comes. Our everyday lives obscure a...
- Sep 15
- 4 min
Gratitude Friday 9-15-23 – The March of Time
My father passed on a few weeks ago at the age of 90. He was preceded by my mother, who passed at age 56 many years ago. He had a full...
- Sep 8
- 4 min
Gratitude Friday 9-8-23 – The Lesson of September 8th, 1974
“You know, all this is speculating. I don't think any of us really know what's going on. I think there's always that pendulum action in...
- Sep 1
- 4 min
Gratitude Friday 9-1-23 – Celebrating Recovery Month 2023
Today is the start of national recovery month. Many readers outside of the recovery community may not know the significance of recovery...
- Aug 25
- 3 min
Gratitude Friday 8-25-23 – Liberation
Today is the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Paris. The US Third Army, led by General George S. Patton came into the city and the...
- Aug 18
- 4 min
Gratitude Friday 8-18-23 – Custodians of History
Nature is a huge part of my self-care process. Whenever possible, I spend a morning in the woods, walking around, looking at wildlife and...
- Aug 11
- 4 min
Gratitude Friday 8-11-23 – HaggisVitae at the Philadelphia Folk Festival 2015
“What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for 400,000” ― Wavy Gravy For readers who may not know, my wife Julie is an artist. Her web...
- Aug 4
- 4 min
Gratitude Friday 8-4-23 – Holding Up Our Heroes
“We're not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person...
- Jul 28
- 4 min
Gratitude Friday 7-28-23 – Six Months with a Rescue Dog
“A dog is not a thing. A thing is replaceable. A dog is not. A thing is disposable. A dog is not. A thing doesn’t have a heart. A dog’s...
- Jul 21
- 4 min
Gratitude Friday 7-21-23 – Valuing Those We Have Lost
“When someone you love dies, and you're not expecting it, you don't lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long time—the way...
- Jul 14
- 4 min
Gratitude Friday 7-14-23 – Tribes of Inspiration
“This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a...
- Jul 7
- 4 min
Gratitude Friday 7-7-23 – PA Governors School for the Arts 1982
“We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that's all.” - John Hughes, The Breakfast Club My pathway in life has...
- Jun 30
- 4 min
Gratitude Friday 6-30-23 – To be in Alba
“Be happy while you’re living, For you’re a long time dead.” – Scottish Proverb I have been thinking of late of travel, and not the...
- Jun 23
- 4 min
Gratitude Friday 6-23-23 – The Zenith of 2023
We made the mid-point of 2023. We rolled though it, at least in respect to our revolution around the sun on Wednesday at 10:57 AM EST. It...
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