January 16, 2022: Welcome to a Winter Celebration
"How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!"Thomas Wentworth Higginson We woke up this morning to -6 degrees with 8 to 10 inches of snow predicted tomorrow. Winter can be
January 2, 2022: Setting The Stage for 2022
“Celebrate endings—for they precede new beginnings.” —Jonathan Lockwood Huie Our New Year's Eve this year was a quiet one. We had been exposed to CoVid the week before and were waiting the results of our tests (fortunately negative). Unwilling
November 28, 2021: How to Savor, Not Just Survive, The Holidays
Black Friday has become the harbinger of the holiday season, kicking off a frantic flurry of advertisements in emails, fliers and television ads, Magazines show beautifully decorated, festive homes with exquisitely set tables filled with delectable goodies. The pressure
November 21, 2021: Gratitude Isn’t Just A Thanksgiving Tradition
Definition of Gratitude: : a feeling of appreciation or thanks “Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity
November 14, 2021: The HeArt of Giving
The Holiday season is right around the corner. For some, the tradition of gift giving, with its necessity of shopping, is a pleasure. For others, it's simply another burden to add to the stressors of the seemingly endless
September 26, 2021: The Benefits of “Bathing” in the Forest
"Come to the woods for here is rest."– John Muir Amidst the demands, fast pace and cacophony of our modern society, there is also recognition through research, of how time spent in nature can make us feel better. When outdoors
August 15, 2021: The Potential of Perseverance
“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.”Samuel JohnsonB Definition of perseverance: continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perseverance Several years ago, we attended a presentation by a gifted nature photographer. He delighted us with the stories
August 1, 2021: Coming Full Circle
The definition of the expression “comes full circle,”refers to when something completes a cycle, and returns to its beginnings. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/come-full-circle East Grand and Sucker Lakes Twelve years ago, we accomplished a long held dream of ours when we bought our camp
July 11, 2021-Life Cycles and Lessons from Nature
Last weekend, we had a Celebration of Life for my beloved step-dad Al Binder. He passed away last September, a week shy of his 101st birthday. He was a remarkable man, who lived his life with "gusto" and
March 14, 2021: Falling Into A Life Lesson
Six weeks ago, I fell on the ice and fractured my sacrum. At first, an initial x-ray missed the injury, but, as the excruciating pain continued, a MRI led to confirmation of a broken lower back. Both medical advice and