Being About The Journey

It’s almost that time of year again. The time when the heat finally breaks with some relief and the air feels cleaner in the mornings. It’s a time when the sun sits lower and comes in sideways through the windows, turning everything gold. The leaves start to change colors, not all at once, but one […]

As we grow older, it’s natural to keep living the life we have always lived. Habits can become home. The same morning routine, the same errands, the same roles we have played for decades. That continuity has value, it holds us together. But it can also quietly hold us in place, long after the reasons […]

The most important special occasion you encounter every day is simply being alive. We all have a private museum at home. In the closet, the beautiful clothes hanging, still crisp from the day you bought them, or worn once and saved for “next time.” The silk blouse. The good wool blazer. The dress that makes […]

Labor Day is observed the first Monday in September each year. It’s a lesser known annual celebration; the main thing we know about Labor Day is most Americans get the day off. This American holiday commemorates the social and economic achievements of American workers. It began in the late nineteenth century when labor activists pushed […]

During the past few years I found myself doubting what I knew I knew. Not the small things you forget, but the settled things. The things you learn by living a life, by doing the work, by watching how people actually behave. That kind of knowing used to feel like solid ground. Then in about […]

We seldom enjoy waiting. We never enjoy economic pain. Waiting feels passive, like something is being done to us, and when that waiting is paired with higher prices at the grocery store, at the gas pump, and in the monthly bills, it wears people down. Most folks will be patient if they can see where […]

There are moments in every life when something happens without expectation or explanation. A chance meeting, a sudden loss, an opportunity that arrives a day too early or too late. In those moments the mind searches for a cause larger than the event itself. We want to know whether we have been brushed by randomness […]

Socialist political candidates in the United States are no longer an isolated phenomenon confined to deep-blue districts in big cities. What started as a fringe movement has become a national pattern, with candidates running on the same platform of radical Islamic/Socialist restructuring, government control of the economy, and identity-based politics appearing in races for city […]

Today the most basic expressions of love for the United States are treated as provocative and triggering. For generations, the U.S. flag in the front yard, standing for the national anthem, or celebrating the Fourth of July were shared civic habits that belonged to everyone. Now an American citizen who does those things can openly […]

In the morning, when there are no noisy interruptions, there is a rare kind of quiet. The house is still, the phone hasn’t started ringing, and the day hasn’t yet made its demands on us. In that stillness we have a chance to prepare, not just by making a list or drinking our coffee, but […]