Anxiety, Anticipation, Angst and Unbridled Enthusiasm…

Starting a new project, especially a massive project that has implications far beyond what you are likely to experience in your little corner of the world, is frightening. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. The minute you go to the cupboard and pour a little “unknown” into the mix, the result is bound to be…

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A Fresh New Coat of Kindness…

I didn’t want to leave the house today… for anything! Truthfully, I didn’t even want to get dressed. It’s grey outside, cold – by Southern California standards and threatening to rain – again. Lesley has decided it doesn’t take very long for anyone living her to become what she lovingly refers to as a “Weather…

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A Sign of the Times…

I’d love to be able to show you a picture of the two banners we had hanging from our front gate this morning, but I can’t. Not because I don’t want to… I do. It’s just that they – “the City” – made us remove the banners because they were in violation of one of…

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By Definition…

Who are you and what do you do? No, really… If you were asked those questions how would you answer? Are you the person everyone else thinks you are or ought to be? Is your sense of self defined externally? Or, are you actively engaged in becoming everything you were meant to be according to…

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