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Decisions They Are – History They Become

We ran into an elderly neighbor this week as we were contemplating writing about decision making. How timely that he sat down and went on to share with us this true story. There was a preacher and an impending ice storm. He knew an ice storm could be dangerous, but he also knew that his parishioners wanted to come to church that Sunday. He decided to conduct the service but also decided to stage someone outside to monitor the weather. As the weather began to deteriorate, the outside observer let him know and he decided to end the service halfway through his sermon. The parishioners left as the storm was approaching but while it was still safe to travel. Most…

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September 4, 2021

Peace

Unsinkable

We had one of those logy days yesterday when you want to put on an old movie and contemplate your navel. Contemplating your navel is an old saying that we used in our youth which means excessive self-contemplation, otherwise known as omphaloskepsis. It is a word derived from the Ancient Greek language and can be an aid to meditation. The phrases today, such as contemplating one’s navel or navel-gazing, refer to self-absorbed pursuits. Well, that we did. We plopped ourselves on the couch and turned on the Old Movie Channel. And there it was, the original 1953 Titanic movie. Maggie’s father had been drawn in by this story of the largest and most glamorous ship that was lost on the…

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August 28, 2021

Peace / Social Justice

Honor the Earth

We saw a placard on a truck today that read “Trump/DeSantis 2024 Make America Florida.” OMG, you can only imagine our reaction! This is just as we were all ready to write about the benefits of communing with Mother Nature. Well, we are going to look away for the moment and write about nature anyway. Mother Nature is usually gentle and kind but she has been acting up lately. Extreme heat, fires, and floods. Sounds almost biblical. As some men and women seek ways to get off this earth, others look for ways to stay here and survive. Greta Thunberg, the 18-year-old Swedish environmental activist, worries that, "As it is now, nothing is changing. The only thing that's changing is…

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August 24, 2021

Social Justice

Here We Go Again!

You know, we really don’t like writing about Trump but sometimes it becomes necessary. If you haven’t been following his antics, Trump is currently organizing another rally on the west side of the US Capitol grounds. The DC Metropolitan Police have issued a permit for the rally branded “Justice for J6 Rally,” scheduled for September 18th. If you are shaking your heads, know that we are too, like many others. “Here we go again” was heard from officers who defended the Capitol on January 6th. Trump continues to raise money for his cause and his stockpile is currently over $80 million. Do his followers know or understand that the former guy shifted over $200,000 from his political donors to his…

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August 15, 2021

Social Justice

My Guise is a Mask

Like many of you, we ventured out to the grocery store this week. It had been awhile and we had not really missed it. When we were kids and went to the grocery store, it was a fun treat. We recall that when we grew older and moved out of our homes to live on our own, we rediscovered the grocery store. This included shopping on our own and paying at the checkout! There was a certain sense of freedom about it. It seems that going out these days, at least in Florida, has become a bit of a challenge once again. We find ourselves well trained in mask cover up because now masks have become our standard “equipment” when…

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August 6, 2021

Social Justice

Odd We Are

Lately, for some reason, while in conversation we recalled a musing saying from years ago. It is, “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” It is one of those things that sticks with you, for it is a curious saying. There was even a comical retort and song written about it in the 1990’s. Strangely enough, the saying came from the sharped tongued, New York writer and poet Dorothy Parker. Dorothy Parker was born at the Jersey shore in 1893 and spent most of her life in New York as a pitchy humored writer and poet. Parker was self-described as “a drinker with a writing problem.” She is acclaimed as one of the most…

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July 30, 2021

Social Justice

Take the Jab

It is time to talk about vaccine hostility. Not just the current anti-vaxxers but where the Anti-Vax Movement actually began. The resistance to vaccinations and the Anti-Vax Movement traces back to religious roots with the Reverend Edmund Massey. In 1772, the Reverend Edmund Massey in England called vaccines “diabolical operations” in his sermon entitled, “The Dangerous and Sinful Practice of Inoculations.” Many years later in 2020, the US Roman Catholic Bishops issued formal comments on the moral aspects of various vaccines and their objections were the use of fetal tissue used long ago. Their comments on the Astra Zeneca vaccine included that it was “morally compromised” and “should be avoided.” They later revoked their statement and allowed the vaccine due…

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July 23, 2021

Peace

The Joy of Chaos

It is not something that we would want to experience every day but occasionally it may be healthy. It starts with opening your mind and, in this case, opening your closets and drawers. There is nothing like the reality of trying on your clothes, especially the ones you have not worn in a long while. For a guy or gal standing in front of a long mirror and doing this can be comical. No tears here please! The shirts and the dresses with that crazy pattern or bright color that is no longer you. And those pants that do not zip closed anymore. We like to ask how do clothes shrink while hanging in the closet? Is it the same…

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July 19, 2021

Peace

The Winds They Blow

There is nothing like waiting for a storm to pass to give us time to reflect. As life deals its blows and twists and turns, it is helpful to just take the time to think, to be mindful, and to turn inward. Along these lines, the act of taking a long look in the mirror can be inviting and can also be a little intimidating. Yet, it can be fascinating to look into your own eyes and feel what you see and see what you feel. In a different vein, one of the things that has been helpful in our lives lately has been the use of humor. It has smoothed out some hard times and eased the transition from…

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July 8, 2021

Social Justice

The Two Flags of America

As the Insurrection remains fresh in our memories, we look back and ask ourselves how can we as Americans raise our American flag and see its meaning in such different ways? One can raise it in pride and egalitarianism while another uses it as a weapon. A weapon to attempt to harm and kill police and our democracy! How many ways are there to explain why people of the same human race can look at things and see them so vastly different? Rubin’s Vase, an optical illusion developed by Danish psychologist Edgar Rubin, is a wonderful example of this. You may recall the effect of looking at this object. What you might see is a vase or the two faces.…

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July 1, 2021

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