300 words a day

Sue and Greg were driving past Fort Wayne on a trip from Ottawa to Indianapolis. Sue mentioned on Twitter that they were stopping to see us. A person Sue has seen face-to-face and I have interacted with online said to greet us. I saw the tweet. A private directive was spoken in public. I reminded […]

When I think about John Larson, I smile. He was my mom’s dad. He had a challenging immigrant’s life. He cleared land. He lost a wife. He married her sister, they had four daughters, they were married sixty-some years, they died the same day. He was the township treasurer for years, he took care of […]

God. You know us. You know all about us. You make us inside and out. You are completely aware of the things we are good at and the things we struggle with. You are aware of the things that annoy us about ourselves. You are aware of our insecurities and our anxieties, our adequacies and […]

“In 2016, the average person bought 60 percent more items of clothing and kept them for about half as long as 15 years prior..” That quote is from a magazine/catalog published by a high-end outdoor clothing company. Ironically, after reading that article, I read further and actually pondered buying a new recycled-fabric soft-sided suitcase. The […]

“What are you asking God?” I said. I ask that question often when I’m in slow conversations with people. I don’t mean that I’m bored and so I toss out an odd question to shake things up. I mean the kind of conversation where I’ve left room for the other person to talk. And then […]