The Ache for Home

"The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned."- Maya Angelou Home is fundamentally a place of being. It ought to be a place of comfort, safety and welcome, regardless of its geographic location. A city loft or a country cabin …

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Gone Fishing

"There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind." – Washington Irving I spent some time fishing with my boys yesterday and and it occurred to me that fishing is calming to the mind, if you are willing to give yourself over to the process. I suppose that is …

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The poet in us

There is a poet in us all Who longs to see his heart in scrawl, To pour his heart upon the page Be it cheer and joy or rage. The formless thoughts and tingling dreams Clad in words and spun in strings, Brighten like the morning sun Or subdue like a pointed gun. For what …

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