The joy of rereading
I’m usually not one to re-watch a movie or reread a book. Maybe it’s the combination of limited time with seemingly unlimited viewing and reading options that makes repetition feel like a missed opportunity. But I’ve noticed that’s been changing. It coincides with Eve and Lily now at an age…
Daily Connector | Life-giving music | Karen Mareco
I often wake up in the morning with a fragment of a hymn going through my head. Or in the middle of the day, an old hymn or something newer suddenly is there…going round and round. Sometimes I end up having to go find it in the hymnal because I…
Daily Connector | Finding my roots – St Anne Cemetery | Larry Less
Genealogy is all about discovering and telling family stories. I mentioned last week about “getting the genealogy bug” at my Aunt Beverly’s funeral in 2010. We started taking trips to visit cemeteries to take photos and record headstone information that wasn’t readily available back then. I started with St. Anne…
Daily Connector | Learning a New Art | Sarah Werner
One of the skills I’ve tried to hone this spring has been nature photography. I have loved taking photos of plants and animals for a long time, and it used to be a regular part of my job back when I worked in a plant ecology lab. On some of…
Daily Connector | Shared humanness | Roberta Gerlach
The brutal treatment and killing of the handcuffed George Floyd has set off protests and destructive riots in cities across the country. Would not an understanding of our shared humanness have caused us to pause and take to heart the words in this poem. UNDER THE SKIN Mary Spain* Come,…