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March 2025

March 23, 2025

“Let’s Get Small”

If you are old enough, you may remember a young Steve Martin whose routine included...

March 07, 2025

Get Stupid

Who does not know the snarky T-shirt that says "I'm with Stupid," and its companion...

February 2025

February 14, 2025

Get Lost

The third 'rule' of pilgrim life is to Get Lost. Halloween of 2017 I was...

January 2025

January 24, 2025

Get Down and Dirty

The Second Rule of Pilgrim Life is, "Get Down and Dirty." Check out my previous...

January 03, 2025

Get Outta Here

After writing this blog for two years, I have come to the conclusion that it...

December 2024

December 10, 2024

What Took Me So Long?

You would be entirely within your rights to say, "What took you so long." ...

November 2024

November 10, 2024

Dallying with Demons

No, "Dallying with Demons" is not about the election. OK, maybe it is, but in...

October 2024

October 28, 2024

Hi Honey I’m Home

"Hi honey I'm home," said many suburban husbands long ago. But in my case, I...

September 2024

September 29, 2024

Peregrinus Nervosa

Despite my many journeys, I am still prone to a disease I call 'peregrinus nervosa,'...

September 20, 2024

Don’t Just Do Something

Standing in the Fellowship Hall of the Arch Street Quaker Meetinghouse, I saw a poster,...

September 09, 2024

Going Down Memory Lane

We all know that term, Going Down Memory Lane, meaning a wander back in time. ...

August 2024

August 25, 2024

Two Weeks and Two Knees

The old joke says a fellow sees a doctor about a cold, and the doctor...

August 12, 2024

Once a Fortnight

According to the folks at Patheos I should post at least weekly, but try as...

July 2024

July 26, 2024

Seeking ‘Aware’ ness

In one of those happy coincidences, 'aware' means nearly the same thing in English and...

July 12, 2024

Where Was I?

We all have moments when you start a story or task, get distracted, pause and...

June 2024

June 25, 2024

Gotta Make the Morning Last

Those of a certain age will get the joke of my title. My last post...

May 2024

May 21, 2024

I’m a Slow Man

"Slow man Movin’ down the road, He’s movin’ with a leisurely gait Slow man, Doesn’t...

May 08, 2024

April in Paris

Well, it is now May, but I arrived there three weeks ago, and so the...

May 05, 2024

Slowly I Turned

You have to be a certain age to recognize the phrase, "Slowly I Turned, Step...

April 2024

April 15, 2024

Get Thee Behind Me!

For generations, people quoted the Bible for non-religious purposes, including the phrase, "Get thee behind...

April 05, 2024

Have Mercy

While getting ready to rerturn to the pilgrim trail, I am listening to the St....

March 2024

March 28, 2024

I’m Getting Ready

Long ago I saw a quote from Gertrude Stein, to wit, "I'm getting ready to...

March 11, 2024

Waist Deep in the Big Muddy

Pete Seeger was telling an allegory of Viet Nam with his song "Waist Deep in...

February 2024

February 28, 2024

Made You Look

Call it bait and switch or just click bait, but a whole lot of the...

February 18, 2024

Miles and Miles of Memories

It's been over a decade, but I made it back to Texas last week, a...

February 05, 2024

Three Score and Ten

This is what I did a year ago, February 4th: It is my birthday, marking...

January 2024

January 23, 2024

Down A Rabbit Hole

Where have I been? Down A Rabbit Hole. I'm Late! For those who do not...

January 09, 2024

Verily I Say Unto You

Holy books are given to catch phrases, like this one, "Verily I say unto you,"...

January 01, 2024

It’s Complicated

On News Year's Day everything seems simple - what could be simpler than 01/01 -...

December 2023

December 24, 2023

Can You Handle the Truth?

We all know the scene from that movie, even if we did not see the...