January 2021
November 5
Day 236: Through the Lens of our Faith The anticipation and euphoria (or angst) of Election Day is over. Now it's a waiting game. It will be days longer, but hopefully nothing like the Bush/Gore month-long, hangings shads episode some years ago. I am hesitant to write anything "political." This is no violation of that […]
November 1
Day 232: Together So today is November 1. All Saints Day on the liturgical calendar. It's also my father's 92nd birthday. For our family, he is the patriarch of patriarchs. It's like Abraham, Isaac and Jacob all rolled into one. It's also a test day for our church. Because of a sizable uptick in recent […]
October 31
Day 231: Dark Like most Alaskans, I'm a little obsessed with weather forecasts. This weekend, however, requires no research, no looking to multiple apps to get the weekend story. I can look out the window. Any window. The rain forest is being the rain forest. It is and will be windy. It will be rainy. […]
October 30
Day 230: Be a Grown Up Transactional Analysis (TA) was one of the dominant tools in psychotherapy, developed in the late 50's. It attempts to be a "scaffolding" by which a therapist can ascertain the "ego state" of the patient. It fell out of favor by the 70's. TA divides people into one of three […]