165 Dec. 17 Thoughts on This Monday

165 Dec. 17, noonish Thoughts on This Morning (edited and sent the next day) This will probably be the second part of a 2-4-1, connected with what happened this morning. I wrote that earlier part pretty well as it happened, just correcting it a bit for clarification, for me as well as for others. I […]

The Trials of Shared Living

147                      The Trials of Shared Living               I’m often asked how we five people are getting along in our shared home. It’s not all a bed of roses, but this story tells a lot.               Yesterday evening, Oct. 9, unusually, only Steven and I were sharing the evening meal. I had done chicken drum-sticks on […]

158 Dec. 3 2023 A Matter of Perspective: You Choose

Anthony Gifford Sun, 3 Dec, 09:45 (3 days ago) to bcc: me 158   Dec. 3, ’23     A Matter of Perspective: You Choose               There are two lenses through which we view our existence. We are either worms or potential giants. In most of our experiences we are treated as the former. We are cogs in a […]

159 Dec. 4 The God of Bread or the God of Sword – Which?

Anthony Gifford Tue, 5 Dec, 10:22 (1 day ago) to bcc: me 159  Dec. 4     The God of Bread or  the God of the Sword –  Which?               We’re a complicated and inconsistent bunch. We want to be coddled and taken care of, yet we yearn for freedom and independence. We seek to control others even though […]