One of my favorite books is David Masumoto’s, An Epitaph for a Peach. It is far more than a story about farming, his special variety of peach, and the four seasons. He spends a great deal of time discussing how to prune a peach tree, teaching how it must be done in just the right way…
Month: February 2016
Lent Is Coming
Ash Wednesday is in two days. The Lenten season has snuck up on all of us, especially Carolina Panthers’ fans who are going to have difficulty diving into fasting, prayer, and meditation. They say, “Haven’t we suffered enough?” Nevertheless, Lent waits for no one. It is here. So get out that griddle for pancakes, Shrove…
Going Fishing
Anger or hatred is like a fisherman’s hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it. — Dali Lama Don’t bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.— Thomas Jefferson Both Jefferson and the Dali Lama use a fish hook to warn…
The Joy of Practice
Practice Makes Perfect We all know we will never be perfect but we do understand that the more we practice the better we will become at whatever we wish to become. There are a thousand sports analogies about practice, and I may have heard them all, but the bottom line of them all…
Weight-Lifting
Are you carrying weights placed upon you by yourself or others? There are different schools of thought in weight-lifting. Some say to take a lighter weight and do multiple repetitions. Others suggest lifting the maximum weight possible one or two times. Then of course there are many variations on what is best depending on…