Magical Monday Holiday Desiderata This is a wonderful reminder from last year. This is a time of year that can remind us that amid holiday celebrations, we may fall in love again with life!!Go placidly amid the blaring Christmas carols and hastening shoppers, and remember what peace there may be in the season. As…
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Heart to Heart 520 Heavenly Christmas All Year Long
Heavenly Christmas All Year Long I am sure that by the time the official holidays are over you will be happy that I am over Christmas. But will I? Lou Ann and I watched a Hallmark movie titled Heavenly Christmas starring Kristin Davis, Shirley MacLaine and Eric McCormack of Will and Grace fame. The storyline…
Read moreHeart to Heart 519 Stay Young at Heart
Stay Young at Heart Years ago, I was performing regularly in musicals. We would rehearse for about three months and then play several performances for audiences. During this long period of repeating the same music and lines over and over, I would have trouble keeping the songs out of my mind. When I was up…
Read moreHeart to Heart 518 Life is Rich!
Life is Rich! Early today, I had the privilege of working on our ‘vegan forest’, here on our property in Sedona. Our new beautiful friends, Ashley and Austin and their dog Sparky and our other wonderful friend, Mira worked on our greenhouse. We found a used greenhouse on Facebook a couple of hours away on…
Read moreHeart to Heart 517 A Hobo’s Sip of Wine
A Hobo’s Sip of Wine My very favorite John Denver song was written by him and Joe Henry. It is “The Wings That Fly Us Home.” Here are the lyrics: There are many ways of being in this circle we call life A wise man seeks an answer, burns his candle through the night Is…
Read moreHeart to Heart 516 World Kindness Day
World Kindness Day Life can be challenging in today’s world. So many folks have to work more than one job to make ends meet. So many people don’t have enough shelter, enough food, enough care, or enough love. Sometimes it feels overwhelming to find ways to make a positive difference in our society. A simple…
Read moreHeart to Heart 515 Mission Possible!
Mission Possible! Our Mission…Should we choose to take it! I was out walking one day, and these thoughts came to me. Right now our world would thrive when we create these scenarios. How to heal veterans and their PTSD and save at least the 22 lives per day that are destroyed, as these honorable servants…
Read moreHeart to Heart 514 One More Turn Around the Sun
One More Turn Around the Sun Lou Ann invited several people to a surprise birthday lunch at our favorite pizza restaurant, Picazzo’s. The food was vegan and so delicious. The camaraderie was delightful! Lou Ann asked everyone to share something they loved about me and then to share one wish for my life. I was…
Read moreHeart to Heart 513 Declaring Peace
Declaring Peace Tonight, Lou Ann and I had the privilege of being in a sold-out Mary D. Fisher theater experience. We attended a concert by William Florian who was one of the members of The New Christy Minstrels back in the seventies. The concert was titled The John Denver Story. He sang several of Denver’s…
Read moreHeart to Heart 512 More Loving Kindness
More Loving Kindness Lou Ann and I were fortunate to meet with the board of the Sedona Kind organization. They were open, friendly and of course, kind! They are also so dedicated to their wonderful mission! There were six passionate women who give so much of their time and energy to make the world a…
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