Feeling Marginalized? "I was born in the wrong century, I swear I was!" says my politically conservative brother, David. It's quickly becoming his mantra. My siblings and I grew up in San Jose, California. David is the only member of our family who still resides in the San Francisco Bay Area after my husband and I moved to Utah in 2019. My siblings and I remember when San Francisco and Berkeley became lightning rods for the 1960s counterculture movement. At that time, we were small ... VIEW POST
“For Such a Time As This”
Praise to the Man
In tribute to Joseph Smith and his birth 210 years ago. Wandering through the Sacred Grove, my 15-year-old mind tried to absorb the First Vision experienced by a boy who was a year younger than me at the time. Sitting atop the Hill Cumorah (in Palmyra, New York) a few hours later, I marveled how Joseph Smith translated the gold plates into the Book of Mormon and organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints despite horrendous obstacles and persecution. Touring Carthage Jail and ... VIEW POST
Weighting While Waiting
Exercising our physical and spiritual muscles Two years ago, I joined a gym and took up weight lifting. I had made the conscious decision to live a more disciplined temporal law. This also meant changing what I ate. I had just turned 50 and watched with growing consternation, my atrophying muscles, increasing weight gain, and decreasing strength and stamina. And, I still had a gigantic appetite. I had always been thin and could eat with abandon. Aging changed all that. Personal trainer and ... VIEW POST
Got Water?
Don't let our wells run dry! I recently read a National Geographic article about the preciousness of global fresh water resources. The hardships women endure to obtain water shocked me; the task of fetching water defines life for many women in developing countries. Journalist, Tina Rosenberg, followed an Ethiopian woman, Binayo, for a day and watched her spend nearly every hour of every day fetching water. I quote Ms. Rosenberg: "Where clean water us scarcest, fetching it is ... VIEW POST
Learning the Healer’s Art
Are you sick and tired of feeling sick and tired? I love dogs. Well, I love other people's dogs---I don't own one. One night while channel surfing, I came across an Animal Planet episode featuring a team of veterinarians who rescue stray dogs. The images of the suffering dogs drew my attention. While the TV camera panned around an animal shelter, it honed in on one veterinarian's efforts to save a recently rescued but sick and wounded little dog. The mutt's hair was horribly matted, dirty, ... VIEW POST
Got Dots?
Overwhelmed By Dots? I'll ask an obvious question. What do you see in the square? Yes. A dot. We could place this dot anywhere inside or outside the square. We could change the background color. We could make the dot even smaller. No matter. We'd still focus on the dot. Forget the immense space around it. It's all about the dot. We do this to people. We do this to ourselves. We reduce ourselves and others to "the dot." Or, we expand the dot until it eclipses all other traits in others and ... VIEW POST
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"The Ten Virgins" by John Melhuish Strudwick