A word casually thrown around, but really means a whole lot more and deserves our recognition is kindness. There is really no excuse for not being kind. Everyone deserves to be treated with kindness and to treat others with kindness. I’m not talking about being nice, kindness has a much more significant connotation. You can…

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I am constantly reminding myself not to interrupt. Other people’s stories are not necessarily introductions to my stories, but are in fact tales I can learn from or dissect or repeat or savor. I want to be that person that seldom interrupts and not given to trying to top someone else’s tales. It takes conscious…

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My father never would talk about his experiences during WW2 and especially the Korean War. I read recently that when David Halbertson started doing interviews for his book The Coldest Winter he found that it was a common occurrence. The book i’m reading quotes a character as saying ” That’s one of the things books do. They…

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Editors Note: We are in Oregon visiting Tom and Casey so regular postings may be a little delayed. We are soaking in Sufi wisdom, wonderful weather and scenery, and most importantly absorbing friendship at its highest level. Yesterday we visited and hiked around Mt. Saint Helens. Talk about unlikely. In 1980, the top two thousand…

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I love the comics. The Wash. Post has a pretty good comics section. The Charlotte Observer has a fair section. I read them all including the ones that are clearly not meant for my age. One of those that Suzy gives me grief for reading is the “Family Circus.” In it, one of the young…

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