I am in shock.

A couple of years ago, I posted this story about my "safe house" -- a monastery in Santa Barbara where I spent a lot of time in my youth.

Yesterday it burned to the ground. Completely destroyed ( Read more... )

It is an easy thing to say one is a friend. But just saying it doesn't make it believable. If you really are a friend, you will show it. It's what you do to the people you say you care about--that is what matters ( Read more... )

I think iTunes is a fun invention. It is making it easy to explore new musical territory ( Read more... )

This morning was foggy and drizzly, and the temperature was below freezing. So all the trees are coated with frozen droplets of water. The sun has just come out, and the scene is sparkling brightly. I wish I were a photographer (and that I owned a camera) because it's one of the most stunningly beautiful sights I can remember. The trees all seem to ( Read more... )

For hot nights, I have a window fan that blows on my bed. After breakfast, Jeoffrey the cat likes to nap on my bed. Since most kitties don't like to have wind blowing on them, I usually turn off the fan before I leave, so he can sleep on the bed in peace. But today, it was so hot and humid, with a heat warning in place, I left the fan on. And even ( Read more... )

Note to self: When the weather is like this, do ironing at night, so you don't sweat into your clothes already at the beginning of the day ( Read more... )

Good Solstice wishes to all my Pagan friends ( Read more... )

The Kentucky Derby is truly a unique experience. It was a childhood dream made real. A horse became immortal; Street Sense will be remembered as long as anyone remembers horse racing. And when he came from dead last, passing all the other horses in just a few seconds, sneaking up the rail, bursting dramatically to the lead, it was right in front of ( Read more... )

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I have nothing of my own to say today. So in that spirit, just let me share these words from my friend Barbara CraftonSometimes prayer is not a set of brilliantly chosen original words. Sometimes it can't be anything more than the familiar drone of ancient words from someone else, someone long ago, words you learned yourself a long time ago, words ( Read more... )