All the Wonders

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Spec cries out his morning song and Jack wonders why he is up so early. Check out more of Jack's cartoons  at my Redbubble store and...

Early morning walk Pink clouds float across the sky Come hope, come life, come

Early morning quiet time Clouds float, still water Birds singing, kayak prayer, peace

There is a certain beauty to a foggy morning. The trees framed in soft light against the sky. The peony shut tight against the dampness...

Jack and I are taking a Level 1 Obedience class at the Nashville Dog Training Club. We are halfway through the class of eight weeks....

Jack took up some new hobbies this summer. The one he's enjoying the most is reading. He's working his way through all the greatest dog...

Since late April I have enjoyed keeping an eye on the Cornel Lab of Ornithology's the live web cam of the nest of a pair of Great Blue...

Grandpa Tom came to the U.S. when he was ten years old. Because his family arrived in the chaos of the United State's entry into World...

I saw this pine cone on a walk yesterday near the Colorado cabin where I'm vacationing. I've been coming to this cabin all my life....

We greet the morning Fresh and new the day begins Grant us your presence

My dad (Charles H. Richardson) passed away at 9:53 a.m. on Wednesday, December 7. I was on my way to the airport to fly to Oklahoma. I...

Jack's friend, Tracy, called early this week to say that she had a job for Jack. Tracy needed help with Sammy the maltipoo puppy who was...

Jack does not like windy days. There are strange noises. Leaves start chasing you down the street for no good reason. And Very Scary...

To you I lift up my eyes, you who are enthroned in the heavens. - Psalm 123:1 (NRSV)

I recently went out of town on a trip, so Jack (and Spec) got to go to Tracy's house for a week. Her house is much more fun than his at...

This was my first-ever published writing -- in the "Patterns" issue of alive now! J/F 1985. I wrote this following my mom's last trip to...

This week I paged the January/February 2011 issue of Alive Now. "Paging an issue" is when the editor sits down with all the potential...

The earth seems to be in great chaos -- shootings, wars, earthquakes, hurricanes, oil spills, floods, tornadoes. As we follow story after...

Perhaps it's because of my dad's decline into Alzheimer's, but my return to the family cabin is especially powerful this year. It is like...