Ties that bind… this phrase comes to mind as I think about the year just passed. We hosted a foreign exchange student from Moldova and today, she just went home. It seems odd that she won’t be sitting on the…
Category: Mind-Matter
Let’s Choose Peaceful Co-existence
I live in a country where freedom of religion is upheld by our constitution and our culture. Sadly, the same is not so in other places right now. The following recent news article from an Iranian source reminded me of…
About Mind and Matter
This post was the “about” page for a blog called “Mind and Matter”. Posts from that blog are now located within this site using the category Mind & Matter. Why is it called Mind and Matter? When I started this…
Baha’i Theology Course
This week I enrolled in one of the online courses offered by The Wilmette Institute. The course I’m taking is Bahá’í Theology: Concepts of God, Revelation, Manifestation, Creation, Humanity, Afterlife, and Covenant. Just some light reading each week (ha!). I…
The Life and Times of Little Bird
About a month ago, another batch of baby chicks arrived. This time there were several “meat birds” and a few egg-laying hens. One of them came out of the box sneezing and sniffling. In fact, she was shivering. Rick held…
Books in a Living Library
I learned about the most fascinating new kind of library today. At first I read an article about a “human library” in which one can check out humans (books) who fit a particular stereotype that the library patron would like…