• Awareness

    An Outdoor Shower

    A few days ago, I enjoyed the awesome privilege of taking a shower outdoors.  No, I didn’t go outside in my birthday suit and wash off in our outdoor shower.  Brrr! Instead, I bundled up against the cold in my seldom…

  • Empowerment

    Peridot

    Wistful envy suffused my face as I walked the aisles of the local Woolworth’s variety store.  My favorite red Keds (the ones with the rubber toes) barely made a sound on the polished wood floors.  It was an August afternoon in…

  • Awareness,  Nourishment

    The Honey Guide

    It was during this week two years ago I took a summer stroll through the world-famous Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis. As I wandered through the many sections and pathways, thousands of varieties of colorful flowers, trees, vines, ferns, waterlilies,…

  • Awareness,  Vulnerability

    Take Five

    One of the most famous jazz tunes of all time is Take Five, composed by Paul Desmond and made famous by The Dave Brubeck Quartet.  Its percussive rhythm and distinctive saxophone melody may be familiar to you. It continues to be…