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19 articles found.

SUMMARY VIEW  Expanded details within a Category. Click on article title, Category, or a listed Topic

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Arts & Entertainment

 1 record found

Two Views of My World by Howard Whitaker


(December 19, 2015)
Two contrasting photo essay videos introduce Howard Whitaker to SeniorLifestyle : "The Fall and Rise of Fall" and "Elegy for the Iron Horse"…
Topics: History • Music • Nature • Photography • Transportation



Faith, Religion & Spirituality

 1 record found

How to Walk on Water by James N. Watkins


(February 2, 2019)
It's not limited to winter…
Topics: Christian Life • Circumstances, Life Events • Faith • Metaphors, Life Lessons • Nature • Weather



General

 1 record found

Unintended Consequences - Part 1 by Stu Johnson


(November 6, 2015)
A personal experience leads to thoughts about unintended consequences (part 1 looks at making matters worse)
Topics: Government • Nature • Planning • Science & Technology



History

 1 record found

A Few Minutes on a Hilltop in Concord by Garrison Keillor


(July 6, 2023)
The real Henry is in the journals, watching tall grass in an easterly wind rippling like waves on the sea; he loved grasses, the meadows and pastures, and going down to the pond . . . the great circle of life complete, the prospect of resurrection…
Topics: Contemplation, Insight • History • Inspiration • Nature • Values • Wisdom • Writing



Inspiration

 1 record found

The Astonishment of Mornings on the River Last Week by Garrison Keillor


(June 27, 2024)
It's a revelation of delight, of our Creator's delight in His creation, and though we're brought up to be skeptical . . . still the dawn light argues with stoicism and you see the beauty of the ordinary.…
Topics: Contemplation, Insight • Faith • Humor • Leisure • Nature • Optimal Aging



Life Events

 7 records found

Man Walks Out on Stage as Storm Rolls —On Stage as Storm Rolls by Garrison Keillor


(April 11, 2024)
I did my solo stand-up act in Ohio last week and in the midst of a story, the auditorium shook with a blast of thunder. Another roll of thunder. And I started singing, 'How Great Thou Art,' with the line, 'I see the stars, I hear the tolling thunder'...
Topics: Contemplation, Insight • Music • Nature • Optimal Aging


A Walk in the Park in April by Garrison Keillor


(April 20, 2023)
It strikes me as sad, walking around Central Park on a paradise spring day, the cherry trees in full blossom . . . so much public happiness, to think of the cloud of bitterness over this generous country…
Topics: Communication • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Gratitute • Leisure • Nature • Politics • Seasons • Social Issues • Social Media • Social Movements


What if It Does and They Don't? by Garrison Keillor


(September 15, 2022)
Thoughts of rising sea levels, politics, and an ode to the pig whose mitral valve saved my life…
Topics: Attitudes • Beliefs • Change • Health Care • Nature • Politics • Science & Technology • Social Issues


The Author Disembarks Almost by Garrison Keillor


(July 22, 2022)
Thoughts of summer—and life—triggered by a New York subway mishap…
Topics: Attitudes • Change • Choices and Decision Making • Contemplation, Insight • Nature


A Cactus' Lesson by Greg Asimakoupoulos


(January 28, 2022)
It's never too late to grow and reach…
Topics: Birthdays & Annivesaries • Faith • Learning • Metaphors, Life Lessons • Nature • Optimal Aging • Relationships


The Changing Seasons compiled by Leona Bergstrom


(October 16, 2021)
Words to contemplate as we move into Autumn…
Topics: Change • Circumstances, Life Events • Nature • Seasons • Wisdom


I'll Fly Away by Bill Nichols


(November 24, 2018)
Thoughts stirred by a morning walk…
Topics: Contemplation, Insight • Dying and Death • Memories • Metaphors, Life Lessons • Nature



Nature

 2 records found

True Colors Shining Through by James N. Watkins


(September 25, 2020)
Thoughts for the autumn years as well as the season…
Topics: Arts & Entertainment • Inspiration • Nature • Optimal Aging • Photography • Seasons • Writing


Imagine . . . then Consider by Stu Johnson


(June 15, 2015)
Imagine how the world we live in could have been, and then consider the wonders that are there…
Topics: God • Nature • Religion • Science & Technology



News & Current Events

 2 records found

We Need Each Other, It's a Fact by Garrison Keillor


(February 8, 2024)
We can get along without Wi-Fi and cellphones and streaming video, but we can't get along without each other. Come back to the zoo, Flaco. You're a celebrity, people want to look at you, accept your role in the world…
Topics: Animals • Freedom • Humor • Nature • Relationships


Is it Really Hotter Now than Any Time in 100,000 Years? by Darrell Kauffman / The Conversation


(July 28, 2023)
Recent heat waves underscore Earth’s new climate state while revealing a fascinating history…
Topics: Change • Coping • Crisis • Current Events, News • History • Nature • News • Research • Science & Technology • Weather



Technology

 1 record found

Adventures in ECO Land by Barbara Greenleaf


(March 18, 2023)
My humorous take on going green…
Topics: History • Humor • Nature • Science & Technology • Social Movements • Technology



Travel

 2 records found

Crossing the Flats, Looking for Mountans by Garrison Keillor


(August 31, 2023)
Kansas flew past me, long stretches of brush and wild grassland as we headed west under an overcast sky, the train rocking as we rolled, an occasional coulee, no crossroads for miles and miles…
Topics: Communication • Contemplation, Insight • History • Memories • Nature • Relationships • Travel


Sunday Morning, Back in the Fourth Pew by Garrison Keillor


(August 24, 2023)
I got up at 5 a.m. and hiked over to the South Rim and stood in the dark in the midst of strangers as the eastern sky lightened and it was like church except no singing and no handshakes…
Topics: Beauty • Beliefs • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Faith • Nature • Religion • Worship