‘ ” ” ” ” ” ” ‘‘ ‘‘ ” ” ” ‘ How the Light Gets In, Pat Schneider’s latest book, convinces me to take my writing to a deeper level. My intention to confine this activity to a journal devoted to that purpose raised the issue of which journal to choose. Rather than […] (Read more)
‘ ” ” ” ” ” ” ‘‘ ‘‘ ” ” ” ‘The Summer Solstice occurs in the Northern Hemisphere this year on Thursday, June 20, at 10:04 p.m. (PDT) when the sun reaches the Tropic of Cancer, its farthest point north of the Equator. Great controversy surrounds the Summer Solstice. How can it mark […] (Read more)
I received news this morning of the death of Jim McDaniel, “Cousin Jim.” He was ninety-one. We weren’t cousins, but that is how Jim characterized our relationship. Jim and his wife, Pat, were married forty-eight years at the time of his death, May 29, 2013. Between them, they have eleven children: Jim’s five children, Pat’s […] (Read more)
‘ ” ” ” ” ” ” ‘‘ ‘‘ ” ” ” ‘ I recently stumbled upon a web page about the Three Rs of the Environment: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. After reading the article, I did an inventory to determine how I measure up environmentally. The reduce, reuse, recycle concept is significant in my life. […] (Read more)
Fresh off successful completion of the 2013 A to Z Blog Challenge, I joined the Writers of Kern Blog Challenge completing the first round of eight posts. I signed on for the second round but fell behind because of another challenge. In 2007, I began blogging with a WordPress hosted blog. WordPress is a publishing platform that […] (Read more)