Reboot, Rejuvenate, Resurrect

DON’T NEGLECT THE NEED   It is December 1, 2025, Monday morning at 4:36 AM. The sage and the candle are adding ambience to the stage for my morning writing. The aroma triggered a memory. I remembered reading a line about sage burning, “Light the sage. When it has done its work, it will extinguish itself.” A bundle of sage always last for weeks. I light the same bundle day after day. It burns for a few minutes and then it goes out. The few minutes of smoldering cast its aroma,

PARABLE OF THE ORCHID Sitting across from my favorite perch on the porch, is a plant with thick leathery, slightly scarred, gently curved...

PRACTICE: Think of a caregiver. How can you help? Do it? Let me state upfront that I haven’t any full-time firsthand experience with...