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SCOTT DREYER: Conduct Your “Year In Review”

James Clear, in his award-winning book Atomic Habits, encourages his readers to conduct an annual “Year in Review.”  There is nothing magical about the date January 1; personal growth and...

FRED FIRST: Small Moments. Long Life

Images: In our eyes. On our minds. From our memories. Conjured in our dreams. Right...

BOB BROWN: Decoding the New “Structure of Feeling”

This is the time to marshal up hope for the New Year. Hope is wanting...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The Heroism Of Ahmed Al-Ahmed At Bondi Beach In Sydney, Australia

Not all Muslims are bad people. In fact, most Muslims are good and decent people....

DAWN CUSTALOW: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

For all who wait For all who hunger For all who’ve prayed For all who wonder Behold... Christmas is...

Memories of an Unsung Leader from the Past

The year 1945 was a banner year in the chronicles of world history. In early January, U.S. troops crossed the Siegfried Line into Belgium....

The Christmas Bike

It looked very familiar, that little green bike, but on the other hand of course it looked like brand new. The apple green paint...

Leaving a Happier Planet

To transform some big ecological crises on the planet, it’s often said that humans need to turn over a new leaf. But old leaves...

The Homeless Heart

I wonder if the pieces of my heart are still left out there. Are the pieces searching for me? Are they affixed between the...

Just Sitting In The Sunlight

I recall stepping outside of myself one day last year and watching me laze in the warm afternoon winter sun. Some of this appreciation...

Living in The Very Tall Shadow of Lucky Garvin

A requiem or eulogy is offered to honor the deceased.  But the deceased can’t blush.  That is why, while he remains breathing and larger...