Monthly Archives: February 2015

The Fourth Rule of Ten

I love this Dharma Detective series by Gay Hendricks and Tinker Lindsay, and this newest mystery continues to shine!  (There are three previous stories about this character.) Anyone who enjoys mystery stories, enlightenment, or both, will thoroughly enjoy this book, The Fourth Rule of Ten. Tenzing Norbu: ex-monk, ex-LAPD, private detective, hugely likable character. His fourth rule is […]

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Sweet Lucille’s Traveling Beer Can Vase

Recently we celebrated my Grandmother’s 98th birthday–on Friday the 13th!  I gave her a silk white rose to brighten her room, and used a very special “vase” I had been saving just for her…. When I was about 6 or 7 years old, Grandma and Grandpa had come to stay with us for the weekend at our home in northern […]

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You’ll Get A Charge Out of This Story

Today’s guest writer, Janet, is a dear friend from waaaay back.  As in, back in the days of high school.  Which was when telephones had curly cords and were actually attached to walls.  Not so far back as rotary dials, though–push buttons were becoming downright common. Janet captures an unsuspected treasured moment with those in the same car, on […]

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Your Year for Change

This book by Bronnie Ware is a wonderful presentation of writings, each one to be savored.  I love the concept of embracing one a week (since there are 52)…but they are so enjoyable that I couldn’t wait that long! After appreciating them in their entirety, I now look forward to enjoying them again in a slower, […]

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You’re Getting Closer

You’re Getting Closer: One Year of Finding God and a Few Good Friends is Mollie Player’s journalistic view of her quest to both learn to “pray without ceasing” and to make true friends.  She carries on a conversation with her readers throughout her experiment, and in so discovers her own inner dialogue–which is rich in wisdom for […]

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