The United States Congress – Washington Politics – Politicians -The people who run election campaigns – the government.
It might be just about the crowd I hang out with, but it seems like it would be tough these days to find anyone who has much respect for any of the above. Unless, of course, they were [...]
I spent the weekend in La Jolla, California. Here’s what I learned:
La Jolla means “The Jewel”. The Jewel is a stretch of spectacular California coastline just 20 minutes (it used to take four hours to travel the 14 miles or so from San Diego) north of San Diego.
I was mesmerized as I walked the spectacular “Coastal Walk” trail [...]
“I have lost so many, have lost so much, and each has been a breaking away, a letting go, the way clumps of earth that hold the river are worn free by the river. So the river of experience scours the small container that is our life, deeper and deeper.” Mark Nepo, Seven Thousand [...]
I love to travel and my life has obliged by indulging my love. I recently returned from a trip and strangely, over the next few days I found myself thinking of how nice it would be to own a Mini-Cooper (for those of you who aren’t sure what that is, it is an automobile, [...]
Most of us have experienced enough Hollywood movies to have seen Native Americans shown wearing what is commonly referred to as “war paint”. Actually, such painting of the warrior’s body was not designed to promote physical safety, inspire ferocity and/or bravery within the wearer, or generate fear within his opponent, as one might [...]
I received a call in the middle of the night from a friend who was visiting a third world country on one of his frequent humanitarian trips. What I make up is that through such visits he hopes to catch the world’s attention to the plight of those far less fortunate than most of us. [...]
I found myself saying to a friend recently, “If I were really living in my full integrity I would…………”
I was sort of shocked to hear those words come out of my mouth. This is not, of course, the first time I have heard unexpected words come flying out of my mouth like that. It came [...]
Some of us are old enough to remember this Pete Seeger classic, the beginning of which is:
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
The song goes on to wonder where [...]
Last summer I was given the honor of accompanying my newly minted five-year old granddaughter, to a local park while all the other adults were in various stages preparing for a wedding at our friend’s house.
When offered the opportunity to go to the park with Pappy, she got excited. I have no illusion it was [...]
Ted Klontz, co-owner of Onsite Workshops for 16 years is leading another spiritual retreat in the Black Hills of Western South Dakota, June 1st- 6th 2012. At one time the Black Hills was the program site for Onsite While there, Onsite was blessed by learning of and experiencing the specialness of the specialness of [...]
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