Some of my fondest childhood memories are found in the warm and comforting embrace of food and tradition. As are the vast majority of Americans today, I am the descendant of immigrants. With ancestry rooted mostly in Denmark and Norway, Ireland, Scotland, England, Germany, Switzerland, and probably others as well have weaved themselves into myContinue reading “Common Thread”
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It would have been enough
“Just a little bit more.” “Then I’ll be enough.” Two quotes from two men from two different generations. Jim Carrey, as he announced the nominees and winner of best motion picture comedy, said he doesn’t just go to sleep as a regular guy. He goes to sleep as a two-time Golden Globe winner. And heContinue reading “It would have been enough”
Meant to live
Life gets in the way of living sometimes. The daily grind of jobs, bills, and responsibilities can feel like a vacuum sucking the joy out of your life, replacing it with a suffocating discontentment that constantly tells you tomorrow will be different, but tomorrow never comes. We keep going around and around, hoping to beContinue reading “Meant to live”
Suns and Moons
August of 2017 here in Oregon was an absolute frenzy over the total solar eclipse. Vacation rental prices skyrocketed as everyone was taking full advantage of the excitement, with people traveling from all over the world to experience 9 minutes and 3 seconds of the sun being temporarily tucked behind Luna, the lonely and humbleContinue reading “Suns and Moons”
Make peace
We fight who we hate. We hate who we fear. We fear who we don’t understand. We don’t understand who we don’t know. We don’t know who we turn away from. And, often times we turn away from anyone or anything that is different than us. Those who look different, speak a different language, practiceContinue reading “Make peace”
One Love One Voice 