High Holy Days

“For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.” ~ William Blake I don’t attend church any longer but early spring is the time of holy holidays and that energy still affects me.  This year I want to state something that came to me some years back during one of my meditations or contemplations.Continue reading “High Holy Days”

Music Soothes the Soul

Cindy Midgorden is a retired elementary school music teacher.  After 35 years of teaching she has heard, and told, many stories!  Some of her favorite lessons included using classroom instruments to bring storybooks to life.   Life during retirement includes teaching piano lessons to young students as well as being a part of her church’sContinue reading “Music Soothes the Soul”

The Wonders of Art and Travel

Virginia Thompson spends her days teaching adults to play in the mud as an Art instructor in Ceramics and Sculpture at Cochise College in Sierra Vista, AZ.  She has enough hobbies and interests for about 14 people, yet can’t seem to eliminate any of them to free up more time.  Along with being a professional potterContinue reading “The Wonders of Art and Travel”

Spring Break Blues

This week would normally be spring break for me, but the college administration decided to begin the semester one week late and not have a spring break. I assume they wanted to keep all of us safe by keeping us home when normally we might be out and about. It’s funny how over the yearsContinue reading “Spring Break Blues”

New Life Brings Hope

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without words – and never stops at all. ~ Emily Dickinson “Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.” ~ Vaclav Havel OurContinue reading “New Life Brings Hope”