We woke before dawn to begin the transition (clean up, sort, and pack) for the next part of our journey. Today we fly to Portland for a week with my daughter, Jennifer and her husband, Jeff, and son, Elijah. It will be good to be with them and to be on the Pacific coast afterContinue reading “60 in Duluth”
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Scenes you can reenter
In the July issue of “The Sun’” there is a summary of several interviews with the psychologist, James Hillman, who died last year at the age of eighty-five of bone cancer. The article is wise . . . about aging, and other things too. The last paragraph affirms: “Another thing that old people often reportContinue reading “Scenes you can reenter”
Fall Colors
Shel Silverstein penned this poem, “Colors:” My skin is kind of sort of brownish Pinkish yellowish white. My eyes are greyish blueish green, But I’m told they look orange in the night. My hair is reddish blondish brown, But it’s silver when it’s wet. And all the colors I am inside Have not been inventedContinue reading “Fall Colors”
Cinnamon, Cyprus, CIW, Clay & Courage
Cinnamon can carry 18,311 tons. She is from Limassol in Cyprus. Cyprus is situated in the northeastern corner of the Mediterranean, at the meeting point of Europe, Asia and Africa. Since the dawn of history, Cyprus has been one of the most interesting areas of the region and has a rich and visible cultural history.Continue reading “Cinnamon, Cyprus, CIW, Clay & Courage”
Sony NEX
Did you ever have fear? Did you ever have fear of something happening . . . and then it did? Not long before the beginning of this magnificent time of sabbatical made possible by St. Andrew UCC and the Lilly Endowment, Patricia and I and a couple of others had lunch with a St. AContinue reading “Sony NEX”
driftwood labyrinth
Our time in Duluth has been filled with family and food and fun. When we first got here, I attempted to make a labyrinth in the Park Point sand – but it is too soft to carve as we carved the labyrinths in Ireland on the beach that was cleared each night by the tideContinue reading “driftwood labyrinth”
October
In the post titled “Labyrinth” we included the phrase from Patrick Kavanagh, “prayering of the earth.” In that same post we spoke of looking forward to time over the next three weeks with children and grandchildren. That time has copiously begun, even as we (at least me [phil[) a bit mistily begin our reentry post-jet-lagContinue reading “October”
We landed
It’s a ways from Dublin to Paris to Minneapolis to Duluth . . . but we are here safe and sound. Not too long after we were in Duluth, we got a text from my son son, Noah, with words sort of like this: “You must be here ’cause there is a rainbow over Duluth.”Continue reading “We landed”
Meb’s run in London today
Meb Keflezighi placed fourth in the 2012 Olympic men’s marathon today. He was three minutes behind the winner, Stephen Kiprotich from Uganda, whose winning time was 2:08:01. That is fast. Patricia and I got to see Meb win the Olympic Trials in Houston in January, so it was fun to see him again. We wereContinue reading “Meb’s run in London today”
adventures of the yellow hat
Hey Jarrow . . . here is the first yellow hat adventure of the sabbatical with Patricia and Phil . . . take note. Thank you Katie. With a bit of Phil’s homemade cornmeal crust and Patricia’s roasted walnuts, this pear gorgonzola pizza is sooooooo good!
wells-of-wellness 