I happened to be sitting in my hotel room on an overnight trip out of town when I discovered Janet Conner’s radio show. I listened to a podcast of her conversation with someone I greatly admire: Matthew Fox, the author of 27 books on spirituality and culture and its reinvention. Two of my favorites: THE A.W.E. PROJECT, Reinventing Education; Reinventing the Human, and The Physics of Angels.
Reaching Out
Building Bridges through Spiritual Networking
I’m all for moving from the pyramid, top-down power structure that protects the self-interest of a limited few to horizontal-linking, with individuals at its center.
Dean Koontz/Some Angels Have Fur Instead of Wings
Today I received a large box in the mail from Dean Koontz, dismissing any further thought that the letter I received from him on Tuesday via email might have been a hoax. Inside, I found three books, each bearing a note and signature from my now number one favorite author.
Gate Crashing – By Invitation
Just so you know there’s more to my life than writing, let me introduce you to one of the events I regularly attend, put on by the Portuguese community to which my husband, an immigrant from Flores, Azores, belongs. Portuguese communities all over the world hold Holy Ghost Festas (pronounced FESH-tas) at different times of year to preserve […]
Sassman Memory Farm
It all started with a single strand of Christmas lights put up by a brother in memory of his sister, who had passed away due to cancer. Now, 19 years later, the Christmas light display at Earl Sassman’s Memory Farm at 3446 Point Pleasant Road in Elk Grove has grown to 150,000 lights and can be seen from […]
14 Invaluable Sites for Improving your Blog
Does your blog content provide a valuable service? If you’re a serious blogger, you should be asking yourself this question on a regular basis. Because if the answer is no, why on earth would anyone want to visit or follow your blog? In her newsletter I Love Great Curators. Are You One?, Jane Friedman says, “Curation is one of the most valuable services you […]
