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  • Extra Potatoes

    If A Bucket Full of Honey was one lesson in radical hospitality, this is another. Once again, the setting was winter. Once again, Highway 17 had been closed by one of those legendary North Shore storms that seem determined to… Continue reading

  • A Bucket Full of Honey

    This morning at church we listened to an inspiring sermon by Rev. Robert Shearer of Victoria, British Columbia. His message, based on Genesis 18:1–15, reflected on hospitality—radical hospitality, the kind that welcomes the stranger without first asking who they are… Continue reading

  • Pebble Beach: A Place of Return

    There are places in the world that become part of us so deeply that we no longer think of them as “places” at all. They are woven into our breathing, our remembering, our way of understanding ourselves. For me, that… Continue reading

  • The Heartbeat of Marathon

    In my early years in Marathon, our family lived in a trailer park at the far southern edge of town. There were four of us in a space just thirty-three feet long and eight feet wide. It was not large,… Continue reading

    The Heartbeat of Marathon
  • Success isn’t just a seven letter word…

    Recently, I posted a rather spirited rant about the challenges of living in a rural northern community that does not have home mail delivery. In fairness, however, I feel obligated to share a success story — because sometimes a company… Continue reading

    Success isn’t just a seven letter word…
  • Travelling Man

    It wasn’t until I glanced at to odometer on my new 2015 Ford Edge that I realized  2015 has been a travel year in my life. The car is now just 7 months old and it has already logged 31,000… Continue reading

  • Back to Swimming…

    About mid-February I caught a cold. It wasn’t one of those stick around for a week-or-two then get back to your life type colds. This one caught and stuck and never completely let go of me until May. The most… Continue reading

  • Cellular revisited…

    About a year ago I wrote a rant about Cellular service and as I recall decided the best course was to do nothing until my contract time was over. It’s over! It ended in December 2009. I decided to be cell… Continue reading

  • Today I used the “S*%@” word…

    Snow! There I said it again. Today it snowed! October 2, 2008 and at 2:03 pm it snowed on sanctuary. Mother Nature, we need to chat.            GRB Continue reading

  • Trundling along following a brief absence …

    I know! I know! I have not written for the past month. It is not that I have had nothing to write about; there have been other things that have taken time from my life. As I age I am… Continue reading