I think these are actually geese and not 'dox', but you get the picture. If one plans to have baby-dox it's easier to have a para-dox but only because it takes an entire village to raise them.   Here's the real puzzle: If a man raised in foreign places can become president of these united states why can't all people in love ...

Mother Theresa talked about loving the dying, the poor and the broken of spirit as if they were the Christ in one of his many distressing disguises.   what the heck was that? what just flew in front of my car? was it...you know, a witch? was it...an owl? was it some huge bat ready to suck my blood if I ...

Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read September 27–October 4, 2008 Thanks to Adele S. for sending this info! Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual ALA event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for ...

This post is part of a synchroblog hosted on the site Square No More. The topic for this month's synchroblog is maturity in the light of our faith. Please visit these blogs for excellent posts related to this topic: Phil Wyman asks Is Maturity Really What I Want?Lainie Petersen at Headspace with ''Watching Daddy Die''Kathy Escobar at ...

My new friend Patti Digh, of the 37 Days (what would you be doing if you only had 37 days to live?)  blog, has just published another book--but this is not just another book...it's the amalgamation of much of her life work and passion, and its title is: life is a verb Not a self-help book, but a soul-help book. NOW AVAILABLE!  ...

This photo journal of Faith (or Will Power) the dog made my heart smile and weep at the same time. Make sure to scroll down the page of the above link to see all the photos. NOTE: See comment on this post--this little dog's name is actually 'Faith'... Here's just one photo from this montage... Check the journal out--it's worth it. I ...

Days with my Father http://www.dayswithmyfather.com/ Someone just sent me this link--it's an amazing photo-journal of the on-going journey of Phillip Toledano with his 98 year old father through the end of his days.   There is some remarkable vulnerability from the author--about himself, as well as his father's life. The ...

Technorati Tags: relgious images,spirituality,comparative theology Twelve years ago or more I was a chaplain at a Veterans Hospital in Colorado.  I worked in the substance abuse and psychiatric units.  It was one of the favorite jobs of my lifetime thus far.  The guys (mostly guys) were respectful, easy to work with ...

So this has been a week/month of losing things. I don't normally lose things like keys and such.  But this week, I left my purse in a restaurant--the same lunch restaurant that I left my purse in 2 weeks ago.  I don't ever remember leaving my purse anywhere before.  Twice--same place.  What's that about? Luckily for me, no ...

Solstice weekend now and forever will have a more personal meaning. This 2 part post is about my dear friend Katrina, who like the hurricane,was a force of nature. Katrina died of cancer at the age of 51 in 2003 on June 19th at 11:45pm, 15 minutes before the solstice.  The gifts she gave me in her courageous life and ...

For this, the 100th post on my blog, I want to tell all y'all a story that I've been thinking about for awhile. Callie Ann is the adult daughter of a woman I worked with a long time ago in a land far away called Florida.  Now in her 40's, Callie Ann has Down's Syndrome.  She works at the sheltered workshop every day.  She ...

Second in the series, ''Hi Honey, I'm Home'' as part of the 'Where's Home' contest.      I had the honor of helping present Toni Ryan, Executive Director of Saving Grace (formerly COBRA: Central Oregon Battering and Rape Alliance) the 2008 Crime Victims Assistance Network (CVAN) Community Service Provider Award last night in ...

This post is in response to Steve Pavlina's post: ''How to be a Man''.  He put out the challenge for someone to balance his strong post by writing about how to be a woman.  In the interest of not living in the shadow of being either an untouchable goddess, a long-suffering mother, or a bitchy, edgy vixen, I  offer the few points ...

Checking my NetVibes this morning, I came across a YouTube video on Conversation at the Edge, which found it at Skepchick, which found it at Feministing, and well, I guess they found it in some old advertising archive for Goodyear!  At any rate, it makes an amazing contrast to the reading I'm planning on doing this morning at our first Sunday ...

This is a guest post from Susan Dearborn Jackson.  She will be a regular blogger on the Virtual Tea House. Stay tuned for more adventures with Susan...and maybe even with Susan's peripatetic boob. In the meantime, here's a little bio: Susan has been an astrologer for almost thirty years and has a Master's degree in Jungian Psychology.  ...

''Somebody's going to emergency, somebody's going to jail. You find somebody to love in this world, you better hang on tooth and nail...the wolf is always at the door....''  lyric from 'In a New York Minute' by Don Henley I have seen the following silliness before, but tonight when it showed up again in my email and just wanted to jump ...

  We had a lively and wonderful gathering for the March Central Oregon Fire Circle last night, March 21st. Great fire with the full moon rising over the back fence. Several new people, as well as regulars and us old-timers came out for the celebration of  the coming of the light or spring AND at the same time the holy darkness ...

Technorati Tags: spirituality,honoring,humor We had a bizarre happening  today, March 19, 2008.  Our good friend, Jack Kennedy, spiritual director, teacher of Ignatian spirituality and much-loved human being from Portland, Oregon was proclaimed both dead and then miraculously alive all in one day. As Jack is one of my ...

Technorati Tags: play,fire,challenge ,dreams For more on the theme of the title, click here:  'At play in the heart of the matter, Take 2!' I just spent a week (March 7-14) with some amazing folks in Portland, Oregon.  I was sort-of sequestered with 31 other Sacred Fire Community Fire Keepers from across the  US as well as ...

Subtitle: Can I return these new spectacles if they make me too peaceful, joyful and contented?  A few years ago I had a dream that rocked my world and will stay with me for the rest of my life.  Here it is in a nutshell: Summer 2002 Title of dream: Perfect Vision I need glasses. I call the eye doctor's office and  say to ...