Even in the newly brisk temperatures, I have made a habit of taking long walks during this COVID time. It’s one of several new habits I’ve acquired. Making time to walk every day is a way to reach for calm and routine in a year of unsettling uncertainty. When I’m out I see squirrels and […]
What Negative Space Can Show Us
Even this year the stores began putting up their Christmas decorations in October, to signal to us all that “the happiest time of the year” had begun. It’s a strange sort of getting ready. Governors in multiple states are renewing lockdown orders. Travel is down. My next-door neighbor has gotten creative. She’s focused all her decorating […]
Happy Lamentsgiving
Don’t you find it annoying when people try to cheer you up? When they jump over the negatives and instantly offer soothing platitudes? Many of the people who do this are very nice people. Helpful people. Good people. (You may meet a lot of these folks in church.) Of course, none of us likes to […]
Choosing Safety, Choosing Life: Are They Always the Same?
Will the vaccine work? Will it be safe? Even as we head into the holidays under renewed restrictions, we are wondering whether or not we should trust the new COVID vaccines. Is it wise for me to take the shot? Will I regret it if I don’t? These nine months of pandemic have pushed us […]