Is a Broken Bowl Really Broken?

Is a Broken Bowl Really Broken?

In the eyes of the ancient Japanese art of Kintsugi, a broken bowl is not broken; it is an opportunity for the expression of beauty. Using liquid gold, broken pieces are brought together and the bowl becomes both old and new and a symbol of so much more As a symbol of...
No Frozen Farmers

No Frozen Farmers

In the Little House on the Prairie books the story is told of winter storms so fierce, with snow so blinding, that many a person was found frozen in the snow just steps from their door – lost in the whiteout, disoriented, and unable to find their way home even...
A Sneaky Tactic or Something Else?

A Sneaky Tactic or Something Else?

I don’t know where people go when they travel Dementia Road. I traveled that road with my mom for seven years and most of the time I wasn’t sure where it was headed other than off a cliff. I now think that road exists in an in-between world. Its main travelers seem to...
SNACKING ON PEACE

SNACKING ON PEACE

Are you one of those people who likes to cook and is good at it and who eats three meals a day on a regular schedule? I wish I were like you. But, I’m not. I’m a snacker. I’ve written here before that one of my favorite forms of procrastination is to look in the...
LAW AND ORDER

LAW AND ORDER

True story. As a young Assistant Attorney General I inherited a big case our office had brought against a large company. But it was a sure loser. Worse, the company had a team of pit bull attorneys defending it. Yet, my boss still wanted me to litigate it. And so, on...