Greetings, readers, and welcome again to Wednesday Words. This time we consider the values offered in an old poem—with a murky origin story described below—famously called “Desiderata.” The poem is one you may have heard or read that urges us to basically keep calm, carry on, and be a good … [Read more…]
Greetings, readers. Welcome to my newest inspiration: Wednesday Words. Actually, I hope they’ll be words you find helpful, encouraging, even life-changing on any day of the week. The quotes, poems, and other pieces of inspiring work have touched me, helped me, continue to work their magic on me. I hope … [Read more…]
Hi readers! I’m thrilled to celebrate my faithful friend and author, Rene Townsend, and share some of her work today. It’s from her marvelous, endearing book, Mini Horses, Mighty Hearts: Rootbeer & Edward, that shows two therapy horses interacting with each other and with human beings, too. You might remember … [Read more…]
Greetings, readers. As promised, the following links take you to the 40 posts in the “Caring for Mother Earth” series I published by my friend, author and naturalist, Peggy Sias Lantz. Note: Peggy first published these in her church’s newsletter. Index to “Caring for Mother Nature” blog posts by Peggy … [Read more…]
Greetings, readers. Today we face ourselves. What are we doing, day by day, to help take care of Mother Earth? This is the final article in this series “Caring for Mother Nature” by my friend, author and naturalist, Peggy Sias Lantz (click her name to visit her website). Again, I’m … [Read more…]