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The desert continues to regale me with its blooms. Saguaros are the last to show their halo of white flowers, which I might miss if I head north too soon. Critters are still yawning and stretching from their winter hibernation. Dobby is sharpening his feline claws. I keep warning him there will be no more…
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Spring has sprung in the Arizona desert. Cactus flowers provide brilliant contrast to their otherwise intimidating appearance. The lizards have woken up from their dormant state. Unfortunately, so have the snakes, though I have yet to see a venomous one. I know they are out there and tread carefully when I take my morning walks…
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Enough wallowing and brooding over self-imposed disappointments, health problems and the state of the world. I hope to take on a “fake it till you make it” approach from now on. Though I have been warned many times not to have expectations, to let go of the past and not fear the future, I am…
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Lying awake at 3:00 AM is like being in a vehicle that’s not moving. Like sitting in a train stuck in a tunnel. Or in a plane on the tarmac waiting to taxi down the runway. Gripping the wheel of a car in a traffic jam. I can’t get out. Anxiety and irritation mount. It’s…
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There are subtle things of beauty that are quiet and not meant to last. You can sleep right through them or lie awake at 4:00 AM fretting and miss them entirely. Like the blood red lunar eclipse. A celestial wonder; it filled me with awe and unexpected sadness. As I watched the light of the…
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On my next to last night of this Costa Rican odyssey I looked out my window and noticed the stars. The little beach settlement of Playa San Miguel lacks light pollution. The clouds parted for my viewing. Stars I hadn’t seen before hung low in the sky, practically on the horizon. How much is out…
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When the world spins out of control sometimes all I want to do is escape its velocity and get off the planet. Alternately, one can also go to Costa Rica, where life is good. The weather, unfortunately, has not been as good, with wind and rain and cool temperatures. I have been touring the damp…
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Adobe Stock Image I am not following the news as well as I ought to be. In fact, I am more like the groundhog who freaks out at the sight of its shadow, and am more inclined to crawl back into my hole and pull it in after me. But it is hard to be…
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I more or less survived the holidays down here in Arizona, with a motley crew of orphaned friends. There were some pity parties of loneliness and regret over not having stayed in Oregon with my family. But I managed to find fellowship with a few good people who were family-less and we made it work.…
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Faith exists when we have a sense of wonder about something larger than ourselves. Call it God, Nature, the Universe, or Love. According to modern theologian/radical priest Richard Rohr, the root of the word disaster means to be disconnected from the stars. When we humble ourselves and realize we are not as powerful as we…
Not All Who Wander Are Lost 