Fairy Circles
Have you ever seen a Fairy Ring? Thanks to Irene and Lee’s soaking rains, mushrooms have sprouted in all kinds of unusual places and formations. Two weekends ago when Keith and I spent an afternoon with his father in southern Virginia, we spotted a fairy circle in...
Entering the Seventh Decade
Recently, the United Nations published a '100 Plus' report on average life expectancy through history: Cro-Magnon era: 18 The Renaissance: 30 America in 1850: 43 America today: 78 By the year 2300 in the developed world, the projected average is 101, an...
Enneagram: Earthquakes and Hurricanes
How do people respond to crises? What brings out the best and the worst in people? Who stays calm? Who barks commands? Who screams and panics? Recently, a friend of mine told me a story about a workshop where attendees were grouped by Enneagram and given this...
What if Dallas?
Last night, I had a "what if" dream. What if I had accepted that much-coveted job offer ten years ago? What if I had stayed in Dallas? What if I had ignored the Voices telling me that this was not home? Last night’s dream was a partial answer. There I was, walking...
Enneagram: Eight wings to Seven, a happy place for One
When first arriving at Vanaprastha, we routinely take inventory: trees still standing guard, new vegetation growing? What's in the refrigerator, what did we bring, and what do we need? I'm a relatively good day-to-day maintenance person, but can honestly say that I...