Good-bye to our tree!!!!

Due to high winds and heavy rains, we lost our giant mesquite tree.

This is the before.

This is the after. How sad...

Southern Arizona landscapes

Mt. Lemmon

View of southern mountain ranges
The end of the world?

Rugged landscape

More rugged landscape


Bisbee

Old mine with active running water

Red hillside

Nashville at Christmas time (a little early)

Strange horses

Hotel fountain in slo mo

Giraffe with cello

Zebra with guitar

Trees changing colors

Hotel

Los Angeles in November

Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)

Part of sculpture made of airplane parts

LA Skyline and Disney Center

City Hall (the one you see in all the Dragnet movies)

USC rally in Tucson

Spirit Squad


They start them young!

Tommy Trojan

Thanksgiving for life and death

Today I woke up thinking of death, which of course is the ultimate change in our lives. As often occurs, Tom Erlich once again touched me in his column today. He says, "Things 'pass away'... The new day is good because God is in it, not because we resisted change for another 24 hours. Learning to love life means learning to accept change. For change is the very heartbeat of life. Not a mistake, not our failure to manage, but the throbbing of God's life within us. That's why death isn't to be feared, for God's heartbeat continues. That's why we can rejoice at a new day filled with surprises."
What a wonderful way to view life and death - God's heartbeat continuing on in the universe. The trick is finding solace in that when we do face death...
Love to all this Thanksgiving Day!

It's our Anniversary!

18 years together. What a blessing.

What is my dream?

I spent the Sunday - Wednesday of this week at a conference, and just like many conferences, it started out with an opening session with a guest speaker. And the theme of the keynote speech - pursue your dream. Such a common theme, but this time coincidence led me to think about it. On Monday, I started a 40 day sequence of spiritual development messages from the writings of Joan Chittister, and what was day 2' s message? Immerse Yourself in the Quest for Meaning.... So what is my dream? What am I searching for, and how will I know when I've found it? Do you know what is the deepest longing of your heart? Food for thought.