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This week, between the Christmas holiday and the New Year has left me feeling out-of-sorts. Corporations began their onslaught on the senses and emotions of consumers in early October. Halloween begins the bombardment of urging us to pretend and dress up as people other than who we are. In the industry of government, we experience Halloween everyday. However, politicians reverse their roles – they wear their co

I had an experience last Wednesday that broke a levy which held back an ever-rising flood of my emotions. A single tear slowly cascaded down my cheek as I walked across a busy parking lot of the building I just left. My eyelids “gave-way” once I reached the shielding comfort of my car. For several months, my attention and energy has been directed away from the elements of my life where I am comfortably pr

Within you, exists a power to change lives. I beg of you to respond when someone calls to you for help. This morning, a friend reached out to my wife, Cathy, with an urgent plea. “Is Peter available today? My neighbor is pet-sitting two dogs; one of them got out last night and she can’t get it back. She’s an absolute mess and needs help.” “Yes. We can help as soon as he’s done with

In late 2018, I spent an afternoon by myself getting back to the earth and enjoyed an uneventful stroll along the unmarked footpaths of a state forest. I came upon this ambitious plan-in-progress of a beaver. This artwork of Mother Nature made me pause and reflect. Why did the beaver start this project? How long will it take to finish? What made it choose this tree versus the one closer to the river bank? What will t

The observance of this day, on the last Monday in May, is an annual remembrance of those who have died (men & women in the U.S. Military) during their service to the United States of America. I have no authority to broaden this definition, but I’m going to do it anyway and I hope you stick with me until the end of this post. I know many people, some very well, while some are acquaintances, who have served t