Exploring the Third Season of Life

Notes from Vanaprastha

Reflections on Faith, Nature, and Writing

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What! You too?

What! You too?

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too?” -C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves   This is the first in a series of reflections about our September trip to Russia.   The first evening in Saint Petersburg, Keith and I...

Dreaming A.I. Fantasy

Dreaming A.I. Fantasy

This is the third of four posts related to our August excursion to see the solar eclipse.   Sunday before the eclipse, Keith and I spent the night in the “Out of Africa Experience” room at Thee Matriarch Bed and Breakfast in Orangeburg, South Carolina. We...

Total Eclipse of the Heart

Total Eclipse of the Heart

This is the second of four posts related to our August excursion to see the solar eclipse.   Last Monday afternoon, August 21, in the back yard of Thee Matriarch Bed and Breakfast in Orangeburg, South Carolina, Keith’s youngest brother Kim set up two...

Abandoned

Abandoned

I’m posting a few days late this week because Keith and I just returned from a family excursion to see the eclipse within the path of totality. During the trip, I collected stories. This is the first of four.   On Sunday morning, Keith and I woke to the sound...

Building Change

Building Change

Light breezes flowed through the open windows at Trinity Church in Crimora, carrying the scent of cows grazing in pastures beyond the building and graveyard. Last Wednesday evening’s service capped this summer’s mid-week Serenity At Trinity series. Two former...