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Gratitude Friday 07/23/21 – Getting Into a Flow State
Julie found this cool YouTube channel about a guy who bought a ghost town on top of a very large, abandoned silver mine. It is called...
Jul 23, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday 7 16 21 – What Would Happen If I Started Writing?
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” ― Philip Pullman Addiction left a whole...
Jul 16, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday 7/9/21 – Long Summer Days
“Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don't they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.” ― Ray...
Jul 9, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday July 2nd, 2021 – Resiliency Reflected Through the Written Word
I really enjoy historic quotes. Quotes reflect the human condition in ways that transcend time. We can read what writers penned a...
Jul 2, 20213 min read


Gratitude Friday 06 25 21 - Embracing the Brighter Facets of the Duality
“In order to eat, you have to be hungry. In order to learn, you have to be ignorant. Ignorance is a condition of learning. Pain is a...
Jun 25, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday 6/18/21 – Dragons Fought and Grails Sought
“The quest is the grail you seek.” ― Joseph Campbell In recent months, I have been thinking more about my journey through life. As I am...
Jun 18, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday 6/11/21 – Dinner and a Movie
“Simple things relieve eyes; simple things ease mind, simple things create meditation, simple things are simply miraculous!” ― Mehmet...
Jun 11, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday 6/4/21 - Being Appreciative
grat·i·tude - /ˈɡradəˌt(y)o͞od/ - the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness As this...
Jun 4, 20213 min read


Memorial Day - Remembering Those Lost in Service to Our Nation
Today is Memorial Day, a national holiday set aside for those lost in the service of our country. Most of us are focused on grilling...
May 31, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday 05/28/21 – Singing Together in the Lifeboats
“Life Is a Shipwreck, But We Must Not Forget To Sing in the Lifeboats” - Voltaire Last Thursday, Julie and I drove home from Maine and...
May 28, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday 5/21/21 - Rejuvenation in Maine
“I have always been fascinated by the ocean, to dip a limb beneath its surface and know that I'm touching eternity, that it goes on...
May 21, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday 5/14/21 – Grateful for the Educators
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” ― Mahatma Gandhi This gratitude Friday morning I am grateful...
May 14, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday – 5/7/21 The Kindling of a Spark
“A wise teacher learns in the midst of teaching; a wise student teaches in the midst of learning.” ― Mollie Marti At some point early in...
May 7, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday 4-30-21 A Wake Up
“Daybreak,' he said, looking out at it. 'I always thought it was funny that dawn should be called daybreak. This is when the day is made...
Apr 30, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday 04/23/21 - Barely Graduating High School and Surviving the Hubris of Youth
“Dropped acid, Blue Oyster Cult concert, fourteen years old, And I thought them lasers were a spider chasing me. On my way home, got...
Apr 23, 20217 min read
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