Serenity

Monday Morning, December 31, 2007
Some words, just by their sound, carry a certain appeal.  Serenity is one of those words.  Serenity is a place of quiet; of peace; of contentment.  A walk in the garden or alongside a still pond with a swan floating by.  Lots of color.  A gentle breeze on a balmy afternoon.  [...]

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Rediscovery

Monday Morning December 24, 2007
We may be in an economic downturn in the housing market; oil prices are at an all time high and the dollar is worth less than ever outside the United States.  But the folks down the road in Eagle Hills must have had a very good year.
The electric meter on these elegant [...]

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Longings

Monday Morning, December 17, 2007
This is the season of hopes and dreams and anticipation and wonder.  The demands and the busyness (I wonder if the words are related - business and busyness) certainly are effective deterrents to the realization of the ideals we embrace.  We can sing all the familiar songs, sit long enough to go through [...]

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Scotty’s Gold

Monday, December 10, 2007
The folks over at TIME magazine are all buzzing over their year-end tradition: the selection of the famed “Person of the Year.”  They assembled an all-star cast to make their proposals and defend their nominee.  Brian Williams, Emilio Estavan and Adrianna Huffington were invited to the offices of TIME.  Their lively conversation was [...]

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Good Samaritan

Monday Morning December 3, 2007
Somewhere out in the rolling hills of South Carolina there lives a hobby farmer by the name of Sampson.  You might think he was named after the biblical strong man except for the letter “p.”  The Hebrew name means “bright as the sun,” which this Sampson appears to be - and [...]

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