family life, spiritual life

A Life In Pieces

The mid-life lesson I'm learning from a winter's worth of frantic quilt completion is not about skill. As you can see, I have little. My stitches are free range and low on the count-per-inch chart. My seams rarely line up in proper fashion. No, the message in all those bits of fabric -- coming together… Continue reading A Life In Pieces

community, spiritual life

Making a better place

"I'm starting with the man in the mirror. I'm asking him to change his ways."  Michael Jackson, "Man in the Mirror" It is surely stating the obvious, but Michael Jackson sang really well. This re-revelation came to me after using earbuds for the first time. High-quality earbuds, which anyone in America who is not me no doubt already… Continue reading Making a better place