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Making Art While the World Appears to Fall Apart

The spirit of creativity is the spirit of beauty, the broken and the whole. Art is a mirror unto the soul. ~ Stephanie As World War II...

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A Force For Good

In the morning as I’m waking, I try to remember to say “thank you.” Such a small, personal ritual, a way to enter the day. And then I...

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THE TALE OF HOW THE GOVERNOR CAME TO BE

In the mid-1960’s in South Denver, a short distance from the apartment where my mother and I lived, was a hotel on Colorado Boulevard. I...

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Welcome to Podcasting

A little coffee to go with Coffee Table Wisdom Launching my podcast, Coffee Table Wisdom, reminds me of when I first launched a blog. ...

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The Man Who Talked to the Bear and the Bear Who Talked Back

The memories of my father are like dreams. They exist in the ethers and have a floating sense about them. They come from younger years,...

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The Center of Our Home

Jesse had come with a glowing recommendation, that he was the best mason that there was, that he worked slowly, but his work was...

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Waiting and Hoping For Jeannie Stein

Friends nourish us by seeing our goodness when our own eyes are clouded. I’ll never forget my 5th grade friend. It was Steck Elementary,...

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The Story Gatherer and the Fairy Chairs

For a few weeks now I’ve been grappling with recent rejections. One day I’m strong and tough skinned and two days later, the...