November 30, 2022

Beauty and Grace on a Roman Sidestreet (Italy #4)

I have a particular fondness for those who take the ordinary tools of life and turn them into art. Implements like knives, belt buckles, boots, paper, and pencils make the list. Fountain pens, in...

February 24, 2022

How to Live as a Beautiful Work of Art

The elements of life colour the Light differently and reveal the beauty in our lives.

February 8, 2022

The Three Amigos – Truth, Trust and Hope

Without truth we live in a world of "if only" and make-believe and hope shrivels.

January 20, 2022

Could I Possibly Be that Thick?

Sometimes, my wife says I am stubborn and impatient. Fortunately, she did not add judgmental because that would be just stupid! Once I was participating in some leadership event focusing on the n...

January 11, 2022

A Serendipitous Glimpse of Remarkable Power Behind the Good

The hill has grown steeper and more prolonged since the Winter Solstice. The upgrade to the level of difficulty could be a direct result of my over-consumption of Christmas goodies combined with too l...

December 30, 2021

Eureka! The Adventure of Three Time Tested Pursuits

In her book and TED talk My Failed Mission to Find God - and What I Found Instead, Anjali Kumar postulates that we generally yearn for three things: health, happiness, and love. At...

December 18, 2021 / 1 Comment

Crafting Passionate, Deep Relationships That Yield Joy and Wonder

Our eight-year-old granddaughter Grace carries a gene I do not possess - an interest in fashion. She wants to learn to sew. At the fates allow, Grandma’s friend Jacquie, an excellent seamstress, ...

December 12, 2021 / 3 Comments

Daring acts of rebellion crammed with moments of wonder, awe and struggle

The opening bars of Bing Crosby’s White Christmas transport me back six decades. Instantaneously and unintentionally, I land in the small two-bedroom house of my childhood, sitting with my back l...

December 1, 2018

Angels We Have Heard on High

Hope is a big deal for me. Two reasons. One is a son whose continues to battle opioid addiction and for whom this season does not seem to hold much light. Grandchildren are the other. Both ...

March 12, 2018

The Amazing Revelation of the Iceberg Quality of Life

I thought I would know a lot more by the time I reached this age. Now, I believe age 28 marked the high-water mark of what I knew for sure - or thought I did. Of course, that was before chil...

Keith Howard

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