Spiritually Speaking - Holding the world together

Don’t waste any time dividing the world into good guys and the bad guys. Hold them together in your own soul— where they are anyway—and you will have held together the whole world. + Richard Rohr, priest and author I am a place where God’s love Turns up in this world. + M.

A WALK IN THE PARK - Back to Black Canyon of the Gunnison

Sponsored by Wood County Park District IN THE MIDDLE OF JUNE, Shirley and I took our RV out of storage and brought it home to load up the refrigerator and the pantry. Our neighbor Dan came over with several questions: when are you leaving, where you going, how long does it take to get there?

Nobody's Perfect - Sticking with Velcro

YOU PROBABLY DO SOMETHING with Velcro fasteners every day. Velcro, the nylon fastener, is used in almost all areas of our lives. It is used in industrial, business, automobile, sports and recreation, clothing-shoes, wallets and purses, plus health care uses, too.

SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING—God bathing

In God bathing, the body is still, speech is silent, the mind is at peace. One bathes in the presence of the very Being of God. +Kathleen Dowling Singh Just stand wherever you are—in the kitchen, in the shop, or in the bathroom— and wrap your arms around yourself as tightly as you can.

Nobody's Perfect - Avoiding the speed trap

“YOU MUST BE BETTER— you’re going home! At least the medical stuff is over!” A friend told me that after I returned home after being gone about six months. I had my first severe MS (multiple sclerosis) flash/ attack in my 48 years of diagnosis. It weakened my already weak legs and arms.

How to put the bite on Japanese beetles

ACCORDING TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA), the Japanese beetle ( Popillia japonica Newman) first appeared in America in the year 1916 near Riverton, New Jersey, its larvae concealed within the potting soil of a plant imported from Japan.

SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING — This is what you shall do

I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, but when someone writes or says, “This is what you shall do,” the hair on the back of my neck rises up a bit. I’m almost 80, and you’re telling me what to do? Come on, show some respect for my years of experience making my own mistakes and celebrating my successes.