Dear TSJ Friends, Happy Thanksgiving! Solomon is thankful today! Grocery stores are bustling with people and overflowing with colorful produce. Holiday season is upon us! And it is one very busy time for most people. There is celebration in the air. Food, family, friends and frolic are on the agenda for a few days. Every year I …
Dear TSJ Peeps, Todays little “lesson” . . . is Now is the time to plant . . . But first, for new readers, it might help to know I blog in letter format. This is because it is a way I join you in life lessons. My stories are yours in many ways. And yours …
Happy Wednesday to TSJ Peeps! What is the first thing that enters your mind when you read that question? In case you missed the question, it is: “Are you doing what I am doing?” Your response may be something like this, “I don’t know. What are you doing?” Or it may be, “Hmm, I wonder why she …
Dear TSJ Peeps, Sometimes we tend to get so focused on all the mistakes we and others make, and how trying life can be. . . that we miss out completely on those moments that are absolutely precious. Especially in the daily grind of parenting. One thing I have been observing lately is the number of …
Dear TSJ Peeps, Welcome to TSJ for another Wednesday moment (or two) where together we seek and find courage, compassion and wisdom for facing the dilemmas life brings. Solomon has worked overtime this week and through both teaching and learning from SJ (our youth who is full of curiosity) and Lovey the Lamb (who just wants to be …
Good Morning TSJ Readers, This week we are thinking about socks, seasonal shifts and gifts, holes, threads and hope. Darn it! Things have been tough since we lost our beloved Tom’s steady support and humor. Last week I only wrote to TSJ Peeps (as good old Solomon calls us) who are subscribers. As we navigate numerous …
Happy Wednesday TSJ Peeps! What a week it has been! I titled today’s blog entry as “Holding on While Letting Go” because it describes the paradox of my current state of being. The final move out of our homestead (TSJ headquarters) into a temporary place has left me feeling uprooted and weary. But surprisingly it helps me practice uniting …
Happy Wednesday TSJ Peeps! Today’s blog is going to depend on pictures. The emotions are too conflicting and profound to articulate in a quick blog journal. But all of you faithful TSJ readers know that death and moving are high on the list of things we human peeps find stressful. And you know that no …
Hello TSJ Peeps, I suppose it is not technically possible to hold two emotions in exactly the same second. Remember when you tried to be angry and something struck you funny? Or when you were sad and someone came to the door and you gulped back the tears only to find yourself engaged in another …
Hello, TSJ Peeps, Solomon and SJ send you Happy Wednesday wishes out there in the fields of life where TSJ earth-shepherds hang out each day working, caring, protecting and preparing young ones for living in the world. The “boys” are getting weary watching things be sold, shared or donated as we prepare for a temporary move …