Mount Graham Memories
David has just posted about me giving him Great Aunt Virgie's painting of Mount Graham. It's interesting that as I approach retirement, I'm beginning to loosen my grip on lots…
Mount Graham – A Portrayal
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of Him who bringeth glad tidings - Isaiah 52:7 "I don't understand. Most people around here don't even notice that mountain. I…
Fear and Humiliation
Fear Part 1 A portion of Nancy's yard It’s March and Charlie and I are enjoying sunny Southern CA at my sister Nancy’s and her husband Rick’s home as I…
Shiva Love
My sister Nancy has a cat named Shiva -- the Hindu destroyer god. When she was a little kitty, everything was to be chewed and torn apart. Shiva is the…
Striving Morels
From Charlie’s essay But even so, we are very far from the quiet life of fungi, who spend their lives doing only what they were designed to do: sending out threads…
Striving to Be Still
Striving to Be Still We humans are, so far as I can tell, the only creatures that strive—that strive to be better, to be more, to be different from…
Infinite Possibilities
In My Father’s house there are many mansions – John 14:2 In the long course of cell life on this earth it remained, for our age for our generation, to…
Pens and Mushrooms
My comment was always, “I never bought a pen in my life,” whenever Charlie would show me his latest writing utensil acquisition. Sponsor booths at conferences related to my work always…
Restoration
Journal entry: Monday March 1, 2021. I have begun restoring pens again. So far, just well-used “third-tier” pens like this Viceroy combo (both pen and mechanical pencil) that I’m writing…
Picking Honey Mushrooms with Charlie
I’m one of a few people who have the honor of addressing Rev. Charles Layton as Charlie. Lots of people call him Chuck or Pastor Chuck, but close family members…