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The Key

I have questions about this key. Why is it hanging on this hook? What does it open? Whose is it? Did they lose it, or put it there for...

Burning Bush

The color drew my eye, I suppose, to this plant maybe 10 feet off the path. I don’t know how many days it has been there. I missed it at...

The Tragedy of the Commons

This family of geese must be nesting near Crespi Pond - the pond at the edge of the golf course here in Pacific Grove, on the other side...

Uncertainty

This morning I am thinking about how we live into an uncertain future. The truth is we never know what tomorrow has in store. But in more...

Earth Day

“People say that walking on water is a miracle, but to me, walking peacefully on the earth is the real miracle.” - Thich Nhat Hanh I have...

Simplicity

As I left the shore this morning, I played a little hide and seek with this lovely. S/he was moving among the taller shrubs, and then...

Lessons from the past

“The year just ended has been one of unprecedented stress and anxiety and of ceaseless calls upon our time, our strength, our sympathy...

New Life

A baby harbor seal, being fed by mom. It is a cloudy, misty day here. I didn’t take a big walk in the morning because when I went out it...

Choices

This morning I was reminded that we get to choose what we listen to - and that choice is so important for how we feel and how we approach...

Being Human

It wasn’t until I sat down on the beach this morning and took a deep breath that I realized I have been feeling less than fully human...

Elusive

It’s a weird Easter. But at least the ocean is still there, and I’m lucky enough to be able to walk to it. So on this drizzly afternoon I...

The love that cradles us

This morning as I sat in my usual spot, drinking my coffee and watching the light change on the oak outside, the sun struck the olive...

Mask Love

What does this mask say to you? I hope that when you see me coming with it on, you hear me saying “I love you. I am actively trying to...

Daily Bread

Give us this day our daily bread. We pray this in the prayer Jesus taught his disciples to pray. I have been thinking about it a lot...

Invitation

I don’t know what made me pick up my book of icons this morning. I have been deep in thought, sent to new places in my heart by the news...

Along the Shore

”What do I know of You who spoke me into motion? Where have I even stood, but the shore along your ocean? Are you fire? Are you fury? Are...

Sandpiper wisdom

I needed a little extra meditation time this morning, so at the halfway point on my walk I stood in the beach, watching the waves and...

Revelation

I love when low tide coincides with my morning walk, as it did today. It tempts me off the path, into rocky coves and crevasses, where I...

Sabbath rest

A Collect for Saturdays Almighty God, who after the creation of the world rested from all your works and sanctified a day of rest for all...

Waiting

“My soul waits for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning.” (Psalm 130:5) I feel like we are waiting, but we are not sure for what....

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