As the Good Doctor has Said
The below exerpt is from Martin Luther King’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech of December 1964. I have been actively searching for people and words of hope in amidst these times. I believe that every word this man said was a bit more of the secret he shared. A [...]

Turning it Toward the LightClick here for a PDF version for printing
I have been struggling to find words that would be appropriate for the seriousness of the days we are moving through. The last several days as I have caught pieces of the reality TV war, I have wrestled to fight back my [...]

Love Needs No Excuses
Self preservation is not selfish - loving another and being loved and cultivating that love is what makes us strive to make a better world. It is also what sustains us. Whether we are trying to make a living, create a work of art or dig a ditch - loving another [...]

My Sweet Sunrise
Not many mornings have I awoke by the time of sunrise.The day and night before each has been filled with life’s compromise.Try as I might I see so few beginnings to my days.So few skies filled with scarlet clouds or velvety orange rays.I wake, I stretch, I feed the cats and make the [...]

“Life is for Service”
The title of this blog is words inscribed on a plaque that hung in the office of Mr. Rogers. Fred Rogers, host of Mister Roger’s Neighborhood, died last week of stomach cancer at the age of 74.
The list of awards presented to Mr. Rogers runs more than 25 single-spaced, typed pages [...]