Given the subject line, I feel as though some explanation of how I decide what to explore in a Talky Bit might be in order. You might recall that a few months ago I asked for input from the community on what you think might be interesting to explore. I didn’t get a lot of responses and […]

So I was working in the yard yesterday evening, raking out some areas where we’ve planted perennial grasses. Honestly, it was looking kinda grim – lots of dead leaves and branches piled on top of the dead grasses. Not a glimmer of green. Ugh. But “hope springs eternal”, and all that, right? And sometimes, what we’re hoping […]

Hey folks – if your world is anything like mine, people have been wishing you a “Happy Easter” this past week. As someone who grew up in a religious culture in which Easter was a big deal (I mean, resurrections don’t happen every day, right? Or do they?), having folks that I know are irreligious saying “Happy […]

I suspect that many of us grew up in settings where the idea of being purposeful was a high value. We may have also been taught that for anything purposeful to be truly worthwhile, it had to be aligned with a mysterious something that was often referred to as “the will of God”. In other words, […]

Hey folks – as often happens when we engage with a topic in a way that includes discussion, we hit the end and wish we had more time. I wasn’t there last week but I’ve been told that is exactly what happened. And since Horst is both available and willing, we’re going to take the opportunity to […]