“Answer one question per day [or more than one per day, if you have some to catch up on] in your own secret online10Qspace. Make your answers serious. Silly. Salacious. However you like. It’s your10Q. When you’re finished, hit the magic button and your answers get sent to the...
But if he were alive today, watching the memorial services for the 80th anniversary of the epic battle that would liberate France, then Europe, I’d ask many questions so that he’d share some of his memories. The memories of his pounding heart as he raced forward over the beach and to...
I recently atttended a memorial for my dear cousin, Tina Jane Moad, who passed away on October 2 of this year. We were given, as parting gifts, small packets of seeds to plant in her memory. A lovely gift. The symbolism is inherent in our knowledge of seeds. Death, then a kind of...
In a bend of the rock river by the lily, a memorial stone quotes Christopher Robin in A.A. Milne’s “Winnie the Pooh”: “Promise me that you’ll always remember that you’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.” (Minnesota Prairie Roots copyri...
For – Heft them – Pound for Pound – And they will differ – if they do- As Syllable from Sound – As Joyce Carol Oates, the lauded writer, the Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University, and a delightful public speaker notes in her introduction to The...
Thank you so much for your guidance. This is exactly what I needed to get started writing thank you notes for the sympathy received, and for the people who supported us after my mother-in-law’s death last week. My husband, his father, and I feel quite lost, and your advice has help...
And those are just the significant conversations, lasting more than a few minutes or touching deeper notes of spiritual and community life. There were plenty of other conversation with staff, church members, Soup Kitchen guests, night shelter guests, theatre guests and members of the public, all...
I’m still processing ALL I learned from all the sessions I attend at this very inspiring conference. For now, I add some photos to give you a glimpse of this magical 4-day conference. I pomise over the long Thanksgiving Break, I will process my notes and learning in another blog post...
Thankfully, bountifully full. To have people in your life whom you love, and who love you. Neighbors, and friends, and sometimes strangers too. Funny stories along the way. Someone to share the laughter with. These are gifts. Merry everything, all. + Like what you just read? Then ...
This was taught to me by Jane Resh-Thomas in small classes in her Minneapolis living room, where she dispensed her wisdom to all of us who eagerly made copious notes. One thing she taught us was the concept of ‘writing behind your own back’. It’s the meat of the story, underneath...