Seeking Compromise — in the Capitol, and in the Home too

It’s uncanny sometimes how events happening in the big wide world can be mirror images, at once identical and turned around, of events happening by the hearth. This week, I’m trying to figure out whether we have anything to learn from the government shutdown or the government shutdown has anything to learn from us. Washington D.C. is still in a “stalemate” – not really news at all, I guess.  Over in Egypt, they’re in one too, and that one is … Read More

Summer Waterfalling

How far would you walk for a waterfall?  What do you take away from the cool rush of a few moments there? Last week, my husband and I were led by a friend to see a place called Rainbow Falls, at the head of the Ausable Chasm in the Adirondacks.  Since we had just spent a lovely few hours hiking and then paddling around in boats on the lake, we only needed to take a short jog up to see … Read More

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