Gratefulness

I'm still trying to figure out how I want to use Twitter, a micro-blogging service that's getting press and becoming more mainstream. One of the fun uses: organizing a conversation around a specific topic, with a bunch of people you may or may not know ("followers" in Twitter language.) In the blogging world, people have…

Here’s a video that I really love, sent to me by a friend. I hope you love it as much as I do.  Many thanks to Marissa for helping me figure out how to embed a YouTube video in a blog post. (Yes, I really was an engineer at one time!) What does gratefulness look…

I previously announced the newest blogger in my family,  Ryan, my nephew. A twenty-something, he has been blogging about his experience in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, working in a resource center for homeless men and helping them navigate the court system in Oakland, CA. He lives on a very small stipend, in a house with…

During this holiday break, I’ve been taking long walks in the afternoons with my sister. She moved to my town last year, after living in other states and countries for decades. Inspired by the crisp winter air and the snowy landscape, we let our minds wander to places that normal conversation doesn’t usually touch. One…

We have a house that’s of age. Unlike people who become of age, a house becoming of age is nothing to celebrate. It means that things naturally break down, one after another. Closet doors come off their tracks and flap in the virtual wind of the indoors. Handles to microwave doors break off.  Dishwashers make…