At Christmas Eve dinner, the topic of addicts and their recovery came up. It wasn’t out of the blue exactly. I was with seven people I had not known before they sat down at the table. We were all participating in a Christmas Eve mini-retreat. It was hosted at a local religious institution which also…
Month: December 2009
How an interest grows…
I can’t recall when I first became interested in trying to reduce my environmental impact. I was a child of the 80’s which is when I first recall learning the phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle.” Only recently did I read something where the author mentioned we focus a lot on the “recycle” part, but not so…
On Pleasure – and it’s effects on others
My ulterior motive is the smile of enjoyment that creeps across a friend’s face as she takes the first bite, the words of praise and thanks, and the wonderful conversation that can only be had between friends in the comfort of one’s home.
On Pleasure
I spent three weeks alone in Europe in January of 2000. Yes, I did a lot of tourist things – I climbed the Eiffel Tower, skied the Alps, toured the Vatican. But do you know what the best part of the whole trip was? The day I decided to take a day off from being…
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