As you go through your day, it's wonderful to start off by being still. The day will begin, and there's a kind of quiet in the morning where you can be present to the rising sun. And if you can step outside simply to be in the presence of...

I must admit that I’ve always been a bit of an anxious parent. I always had this nagging feeling that something terrible would happen if I didn’t worry. I can’t tell you to this day what I thought worrying would accomplish, but at 3 am, that didn’t seem to...

As you go through your day, in your interactions with people, notice two aspects of yourself. When given the opportunity to speak, there is a part of you that will speak quickly. When given the opportunity to react, that part will react quickly. That is not really you. That...

by David P Carroll It's Saint Patrick's Day andEveryone is Irish todayAnd we'll have some fun along the way Green shamrocks and a colorful rainbowIn the clear blue skyAnd the shiny pots of gold are in sightAnd we'll sing and danceAll through Saint Patrick's night From San SebastianTo El Tuito and to...

When I was a kid--well, a smaller, relatively hairless kid--one of my more astute schoolteachers dared ask what the lot of us wanted to be when we grew up. Standard answers abounded: a future firefighter here, an aspiring athlete there, a couple of doctors in the second row, a...

A couple of days ago, as the weather made a sudden hard turn into Spring, I finished slow-poking my favorite garden fork into the weedy mess of my potager as the sun went down, heard flapping, looked up, and saw them settling in one of the big walnut trees...

Being the parent of teenagers is fun, weird, and frustrating. You live with people who are as tall as (or taller than) you but still seem to need so much help.  They know more than you about niche subjects like TikTok or pre-calculus, but they don’t know how to...

There has been a lot of talk and thought about the state of the Earth, the state of Gaia, and the general consensus is that things probably can't continue at the pace they've been continuing without consequence. It's not hard to see that there's been a proliferation of pollution...

Banderas Bay lost a great friend on January 28 when John Henry Kreitler passed away. John was at his home in Northern Kentucky, where he was surrounded by the love of family, friends, and his church community. John and his wife Patsy Meyer spent many winters in their Mismaloya...

Parenting is a challenge no matter where you live. It doesn’t seem like there’s a way to truly prepare yourself for how different your life is going to be. However, from the very beginning, I knew that having my children in Mexico, far from my home country of Canada,...