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“From Dust You Came, and to Dust You Will Return” At our early morning service today, our priest talked about Lent being a time when we, literally, think about our own mortality, our sins of omission and commission, our relationships, our attachments and we think about them in a larger, more objective sense. He also said Lent is a time of reset, a quieting of our normally busy schedule, a time of sacrifice and reflection, and drawing closer to our Creator, and the person we were created to be. Then he said that it feels like this has been almost an entire year of Lent. Once COVID got our...

We bought our house - again - last year, shortly after my Mom died. Something about death gets our attention, doesn't it, and can serve as an impetus to get us moving. Buying this house, which I have always loved, is one of the best things we have ever done. We are great planners. We…

Best Birthday Ever A few years ago, I hit a number and I felt like my life was over. Rationally, I knew I was doing fine, but just the sound of the number hit me hard. I remember feeling the same way when I hit 50, and I thought it was going to be terrible, but that very day I went to pick up my photos for my Saudi pass and my photograph was fabulous. OK, you know, here goes that rationality thing again. The RULES in Saudi Arabia say you are forbidden to retouch photos. The photographer just stood there with a big grin as I looked at photos of me with all signs of aging totally removed. Insi...

Our last day in Apalachicola, we have a leisurely breakfast, cooking up the last of the eggs, using up cream for coffee, milk, we pack up the rest and hit the road. Today we are going back through some of the hardest hit territory when Hurricane Michael hit. 1t is hard to believe how much…

Have you ever noticed bad judgement happens in bunches? Like you can be really good for a long long time and once you let loose, even just a little, your self-discipline just goes to hell? It's all Hamaknocker's fault. So for the third time, we are choosing to eat inside a restaurant where not everybody…