We had piled into the car and were on our way to celebrate NYE at our favorite hibachi spot. It was early, barely 4 pm, we wanted to beat the crowds to come home to ring in 2025 with family games and munchies. As we made the left turn onto a main thoroughfare out of […]

Tomorrow is Election Day. People are afraid. Fear is circulating like autumn leaves trapped in the outside corner of a brick building. Both candidates, both parties, both nonbelievers and believers are trying to harness the power of fear to manipulate and influence, to persuade and motivate and to coerce and bully. If he is elected, […]

Ever since we lost power for a few days a few years ago, I have had a new appreciation for a hot shower. Often I will sincerely offer prayers of appreciation and gratitude for the simple, often overlooked, grace of living in a place and at a time where this kind of convenience is literally […]