Year: 2025

My train of thought (posted Feb) was derailed for a couple months, hopefully now it is on track. If you recall, I've been working on my idioms, and the idiom I was working on before the derailment was: My frame of reference. So, I'm thinking about my frame of reference and I’m thinking about my life. My new life in a broken, divided nation. So here it…

I’ve always liked the book of Genesis. The first words written about our world. First principles that can be built upon to make sense of our lives. Things like light and darkness, and that we are created in God's image. The first principles in Genesis are so powerful, they are the foundation of how I understand life. Well, I discovered another principle. I read it in Genesis…

I'm not sure why, but idioms are hard for my brain. Hmm. Well, maybe they work okay in my brain, but there is something happening when I try to express it with written words. Sometimes when I write the words they don’t make sense.   Here is how the dictionary defines “idiom” : A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those…

How can you quiet your spirit in a world of chaos? A) have a stroke, B) figure out something else.  Okay, I realize my stroke didn’t quiet my spirit, but it led me to a crossroads of sorts. It is common to find people who had a stroke in a state of distress, in a state of chaos. That makes sense. I have also met people, like…