by Lynda | Feb 19, 2018 | Building Community, Democracy, Everyday Living, Healthy Choices, Human Rights, XtraDose
We Americans face two big issues at the moment: what to do about gun violence and what to do about Russia’s interference in our democracy. One originates close to home, the other in a far away land. Early in the 2016 election I read about former Trump campaign...
by Lynda | Dec 19, 2016 | Building Community, Everyday Living, Healthy Choices, Human Rights, Spirituality & Faith
One more trip around the sun. Tomorrow I celebrate Winter Solstice, the darkest day of the year. I’ll light candles, drink hot chocolate, and play games around a blazing fire. Winter Solstice symbolizes a movement from darkness into light. We embrace the darkest...
by Lynda | Oct 22, 2016 | Aging, Building Community, Business In A Changing World, Ecology & Earthly Matters, Everyday Living, Healthy Choices, Human Rights, Life, Death & the Supernatural, Spirituality & Faith, XtraDose
I stand at the base of the Founder’s Tree, in awe, all 5 feet 8 inches of me. I’ve just returned from a visit to “the Redwoods” and call them by name as if I’m referring to life-long friends or my beloved family, and I suppose I am. My...
by Lynda | Apr 1, 2016 | Art, Literature & Film, Building Community, Business In A Changing World, Ecology & Earthly Matters, Everyday Living, Healthy Choices, Human Rights, Spirituality & Faith, XtraDose
When seedlings push through the soil in search of sunlight, we gardeners rejoice. We tenderly water them and coax them along. At first the tiny leaves appear symmetrical in shape and size; yet within days or even hours, we begin to notice the...
by Lynda | Mar 9, 2016 | Aging, Building Community, Business In A Changing World, Ecology & Earthly Matters, Everyday Living, Human Rights, Spirituality & Faith, XtraDose
Tongue-tied. Baffled. Boggled. Definitely not bored. That’s how I describe my reaction to the primary elections and caucuses happening around our country. I constantly shake my head and ask what’s going on in our fair land. How did we get in this mess?...
by Lynda | Jan 5, 2016 | Art, Literature & Film, Building Community, Ecology & Earthly Matters, Everyday Living, Healthy Choices, Human Rights, Spirituality & Faith, XtraDose
These red long-johns have little use here beyond the holidays and the month of January. We snuggle in by the fire even when it’s 60 degrees outside — just because it’s winter, just because it’s festive. It is officially winter, but festive is...
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