THE TITLE SOUNDS A LOT LIKE A MOTIVATIONAL POSTER that might be hanging in a fluorescent-lit office space somewhere. I don’t mean for it to. But I guess motivational posters do have their moments. (I mean the “Hang in There” kitten is a classic, right?). What I wanted to say with this title — andContinue reading “I’s the Limit”
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Dropping the Bomb
MY PRACTICE THIS WEEK HAS BEEN ABOUT KEEPING MY MIND STILL ENOUGH, at times anyway, such that God can “drop” His thoughts in there. Like a still pool of water waiting for more rain, if my mind is splashing and sloshing around then that fresh water will have nowhere to rest. Maybe this image couldContinue reading “Dropping the Bomb”
Following the Thought Dots
WHEN I WRITE THIS THING ON SUNDAYS, I usually have a few ideas to begin with. Then I see where they take me, hoping for a single point to eventually show itself. Today I feel as if my ideas are disparate. (Or perhaps desperate)?! So here goes, I’m going to try to connect these ideasContinue reading “Following the Thought Dots”
Uncluttering the Path
I am back and thinking again. I don’t mean to say I don’t have thoughts when I travel, but the thoughts are traveling, too, so there is not the same kind of time to sit still with them. Perhaps that is one reason so many of us like our getaways — for that getaway fromContinue reading “Uncluttering the Path”
Travel-Log
Because in my recent travels I have been logging miles, and hours, and words, and laughs, and meals. When we last left each other, I had just enjoyed a delightful birthday party Saturday night in the West Orange yard of my dear friend, circe. Well, Sunday came and off I went to visit my NewContinue reading “Travel-Log”
I Have No More Wishes to Make
This is what I said when my birthday cake was presented to me last night. (Strawberry shortcake, thank you, circe)! People at the party seemed to think that statement was pretty profound, although maybe it sounds like resignation to some who are reading this. I had not meant it to be either. It was justContinue reading “I Have No More Wishes to Make”
What To YOU is the 4th of July?
In between church and Kool and the Gang I want to say a few things about July 4th. It is a holiday that I am most ambivalent about. “Fellow Citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic,” begins Mr. Frederick Douglass in his famous speech, quoted so often (and sometimesContinue reading “What To YOU is the 4th of July?”
Kissing Frogs Along the Way
Today was an auspicious day: the first time I turned down an invitation since I got to Los Angeles. Why is that auspicious? Because I am in a new city, a place where I have had to start over making friends. I’ve been in this situation before, several times; it is a challenging and alsoContinue reading “Kissing Frogs Along the Way”
Legacies of Fathers
“If writing is thinking and discovery and selection and order and meaning, it is also awe and reverence and mystery and magic.” Toni Morrison, Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir Writing is the full experience of getting hit with an idea — or image, or sentence — and then getting all theContinue reading “Legacies of Fathers”
Onion or Fortress?
Last week I said I would write about fear this week. We’ll see what happens… Most every morning I read the devotional, Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence by Sarah Young. https://www.jesuscalling.com/ Last Thursday it read in part, “Let trust and thankfulness stand guard, turning back fear before it can gain a foothold.” IContinue reading “Onion or Fortress?”
Katie Singer 