January 31, 2008  

Zebra Calls

Who would have thought the Zebra's bold black and white stripes would help them blend in? Certainly don't blend into the olivey grey...
January 29, 2008  

Haircuts and Forced Relocation

I went to the mall today to get a hair cut from an old fashioned barber staffed by a retired barber helping out during the busy cape town to...
January 27, 2008  

Storms, Good Hope, Points and Penguins

We visited the curious South African Penguins We posed at the "Sentinel" We trekked from Cape Point to the Cape of Good Hope We di...
January 26, 2008  

Prosperity

“The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws.” Ernest ...
January 26, 2008  

Nkosi

Yesterday we went up table mountain - some of us went in the swiss made 360• rotating cable car made by the same folk who made the Palm Spri...
January 24, 2008  

Star Birds and not-Champagne

We're headed south in mini vans to Johannesburg International Airport to fly to Cape Town on South African Airlines. We are tired. T...
January 23, 2008  

ShishkaHogs and Gerbils

It is inconceivably fortunate to see the Big Five in one day, the first day (Elephanr, Rhino, Lion, Leopard and Water buffalo) plus a Cheate...
January 22, 2008  

Ngala

Ready to go! News to follow
January 21, 2008  

Apartness

After yoga, breakfast, prayer and a workshop on Oneness and Diversity, we piled into mini busses and zoomed off into the rain to skirt the w...
January 20, 2008  

Breakfast at the Ferns

A message to the choir: Kelly and Joann miss you. The kids have arrived. It's all fun and games now, but just wait till 2 pm when jet...
January 19, 2008  

Electric South Africa

We may stumble, but always there is that eternal voice, forever whispering within our ear, that thing which causes the eternal quest, that t...
January 16, 2008  

They Are Coming!

The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. (Ernest H...
January 15, 2008  

Shhhhhh, don't talk to me

" To live affirmatively is to live as God lives, so we must plunge beneath the appearance. Here is where the test comes. We are testing...
January 13, 2008  

Franschoek

Today we drove to Franschoek, the valley where French Calvinists settled in 1688. As refugees fleeing persecution by the Catholics in France...
January 13, 2008  

Mirror, Mirror on the wall...

Patience. Is the practice of being at peace with the actions and choices of others, particularly when those actions do not match your idea o...
January 12, 2008  

Everything they say is true

"I am at peace with my world. I give thanks for my life and all that is in it." Everything? Well, it seems I still I have a whole ...
January 11, 2008  

Roaring

Last night I had dinner with a friend who knew me when I was 16 years old. The picture is taken on our trip over the mountain to camps bay ...
January 10, 2008  

Gentleness

Gentleness is being conscious of your actions and the impact they have on others and your environment. Actions include your spoken word, you...
January 08, 2008  

Land Fill is Full

I am headed for South Africa via Frankfurt on Lufthansa. I will arrive ahead of the touring group with enough time to visit family, reconnec...
January 06, 2008  

Conduct

I am carried along by this Right Action and am compelled to do the right thing at the right time. (Ernest Holmes) In joy and sorrow, in plea...
January 05, 2008  

Truthfulness

Truthfulness is the practice of steadfastly speaking only that which, to the best of your knowledge, is true. It is a commitment to refrain ...
January 04, 2008  

Happy Birthday!

Six a.m. In the hot tub in Palm Springs! A great way to celebrate. Yipee! Shhhhh, the resort is sleeping in. As for me? Dinner at LG's S...
January 03, 2008  

I am a visitor here

Today we went to Indian Canyon "where you walk in the footsepts of our ancestors". Centuries ago the Cahuilla Indians developed a...
January 02, 2008  

Love

The one who has learned to love all people will find plenty of people who will return that love. Ernest Holmes Perhaps it seems inconceiva...
January 01, 2008  

Kindness

The mind which condemns, understands not the truth of being. . . . to him who loves much is forgiven. SOM pp. 457 Simple heart felt kindness...
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