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Posted on July 30, 2021July 29, 2021

Power of song

Music has a profound influence on us. We remember the words that we sing more than the books we read, TED Talks or sermons we…

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Posted on July 10, 2021July 15, 2021

Above the din

"People have grown accustomed to the elimination of the poetry of the world, to the mechanization of life, to the expulsion of beauty; but this…

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Posted on July 2, 2021June 30, 2021

Transcendent beauty

There's a powerful moment in J.R.R. Tolkien's novel, The Return of the King, when Sam is encouraged by the light of a star. He's engaged…

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Posted on June 17, 2021June 17, 2021

Twenty

Yesterday Diedra and I celebrated twenty years of matrimony. We went out to dinner at a wonderful place called Vera Mae's Bistro. The weather was…

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Posted on May 29, 2021May 27, 2021

Invest in beauty

The peonies popped this week. We were given a luxurious bouquet of enormous pink blooms by some dear friends. "Magnificent" just doesn't seem to do.…

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Posted on March 15, 2021March 4, 2021

Musical words

Great writing has a certain musicality about it. It sounds pleasing to the ear when you hear it read aloud. Great writing is also delightful…

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Posted on March 4, 2021February 18, 2021

Inner disposition

"Give me a lover and he feels what I am saying: give me one who yearns, give me one who hungers...give me one like this,…

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Posted on February 25, 2021February 18, 2021

We need beauty

Winter has its own beauty. Blankets of snow. Hoarfrost clinging to branches. Cloudless skies with sun glaring off white fields--paradoxically warming your face through the…

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Posted on January 22, 2021January 20, 2021

Bob Ross

I have a Bob Ross bobblehead on my bookcase in my office. If you push the button, he says some of his famous lines: "You…

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Posted on December 26, 2020December 24, 2020

Look and listen

I have a close friend who is mostly deaf. I've learned so much from him. He's given me a glimpse of how sound-dependent I am.…

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