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That Aging Thing
Here’s a tiny story that didn’t make it into the Daybook of My Personal Faith. I’ve changed the grandchild’s name—but the point remains the same: I decided quite early that I was not going to be coy about how old I was, because it…
May 20–Execution of Quintin Phillipe Jones Carried Out
May 20th—Execution of Quintin Phillipe Jones Carried Out A few days ago I posted about the upcoming execution of Quintin Phillipe Jones. I urged people to write the governor of Texas and ask that his sentence be changed to life in prison. I did…
Death Row
Clemency for Quin On September 19 in the book I published Daybook of My Personal Faith, the subject matter is the death penalty and the reasons I believe it should be abolished. Last night at 10:30pm I wrote a letter to Governor Greg Abbott…
Richard Deats, a Friend
Richard Deats–a Friend I lived in Rockland County, New York, in the town of Pomona and I think I met Richard in one or more of the many cooperatives that had been formed in that county. Then he introduced me to the Fellowship of…
Catching Up
Here’s the poem for a couple of days ago and it’s a continuing feeling. Anybody else feel it??? I start out in the morning with a good sized list, I mean to check it off one by one, and I work pretty steady…
Quieter Grace to Begin My Day
Quieter Grace to Begin My Day I’ve written a lot of graces and collected some others and I sing a different one every morning. Some of them are spoken ones—some are rhythmic—and a lot of them are a smidge too enthusiastic for me on…
I Can Convince You
I Can Convince You I Know I Can! I have gathered quotes I like and now have a collection of two years and four months worth of wonderful sayings or very, very short poems. On February 12 this one emerged again: Try never to…
Singing Chants
Singing Chants I can’t remember when I first started loving and singing chants. But by now I’m deep into them. If you have the Daybook of My Personal Faith that I published this year, you know that there is a chant in every month,…
The Chant Sounds Throughout the Day
The Chant Sounds Throughout the Day In my most recently published book, Daybook of My Personal Faith, there is a chant to sing in every month. I discovered this month that it was wonderful to sing it not only on the day it appeared…
Look Well To This Day
Look Well to This Day Look well to this day For it and it alone is life. In its brief course Lie all the essence of your existence: The Glory of Growth The Satisfaction of Achievement The Splendor of Beauty For yesterday is but…
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Daybook of Personal Faith
Mama and Me
