ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS Here we are and the end of a calendar year. I realize it is just a human construct, the calendar. But, in nature, here in the northern hemisphere, at this time of year, there is a change. A cosmic ending and beginning is happening. The darkness that has grown longer and longer
LAST OF THE YEAR I’m getting ready to take my last run of 2023. It is a bit of a chilly morning here in DeLand. Tom and I run every Saturday morning at the Lake Woodruff Wildlife Reserve, about 3 miles on the grassy levees around the marshes. We’ll see otters, sandhill cranes, many water
WALK WITH ME ON NEW YEAR’S MORNING Join me in front of my home (526 N. Sans Souci Avenue, DeLand, near Stetson between Minnesota and University Avenues) at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, January 1, 2024. We’ll walk about 3 miles, following the MeStrong route. We’ll walk about an hour or so. I am doing this
ONE WAY DOOR There is a one-way door ahead. Once you go through it, you can’t go back. At the most basic level, it is the change from 2023 to 2024. A brand new year is a one-way door of sorts. It can be a personal decision that you actually follow through on, are committed
COMING OFF PRETTY FAST Dr. Jenkins, my Physics professor at Stetson, took out a roll of toilet paper to teach a physics lesson. He pulled off 10 sheets and we counted the revolutions. He did this over and over, 10 sheets at a time, and we noticed the number of revolutions kept increasing. The paper
LEARN FROM 2023, GET READY FOR 2024 Tonight, December 26th, at 8:00 pm, I will walk through a different way of preparing for the New Year ahead. I invite you to join me on Zoom. It is not so much classic goal setting. It is learning from what has gone on this year and applying
LETTING GO Our grandchildren from Colorado came to visit last year. One of our favorite places to go was the Freedom Playground at Bill Dreggors Park. The kids would make new friends and run around. They really enjoyed the zip line, the big climbing structure, the merry-go-round, and the overhead ladders. As you remember, the
FROM DEPTHS TO HEIGHTS They were dead tired. Several days travel by foot, over rocky hills, traversing dangerous rushing streams, sleeping on uneven ground, added to the wear on their bodies. It didn’t help that she was pregnant, very much so. As their story is told, they finally made it to their destination, a tiny
GETTING READY FOR NEXT YEAR The last week of the year is a good time to get ready for next year. At least that is what I have found in my life. Some of my retired friends plan for their big adventures – perhaps a trip, extended times to spend with grandchildren, etc. They get