Category Archives: local

Sweetgrass wisdom and meditations for the planet

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Don Watkins

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is an exceptional book. It reads more like a meditation or series of meditations on the Indigenous wisdom, … Continue reading →

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President Biden: ‘Build Back Better’ for everyone, everywhere!

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Don Watkins

Originally posted on Acting Franciscan:
by Tony Magliano Tony Magliano is an internationally syndicated Catholic social justice and peace columnist whose writings are published in print and/or posted online in various U.S. diocesan papers. His views do not necessarily reflect…

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Original Blessing

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Don Watkins

“I saw that God never began to love us. … We have always been in God’s foreknowledge, known and loved from without beginning. … We were made for love.—Julian of Norwich TO SAY WE HAVE BEEN “loved from without beginning” … Continue reading →

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THE RABBI’S GIFT

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Don Watkins

Originally posted on WISDOM STORIES TO LIVE BY:
Once a great order, a decaying monastery had only five monks left. The order was dying. In the surrounding deep woods, there was a little hut that a Rabbi from a nearby…

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Happy Birthday Dad

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Don Watkins

Today is my Dad’s birthday. He’d be 94 today. Born December 3,1926 at his childhood home. He was the last of five children my grandmother had. She lost two of those children to still birth. Dad was nine year’s younger … Continue reading →

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Mom is happy

Posted on November 7, 2020 by Don Watkins

I celebrated Mom’s birthday yesterday. She’s been gone fifteen months. Yesterday marked the 94th anniversary of her birth. I can only imagine what heaven is like but if she’s aware in any way what happened today in the United States … Continue reading →

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Man of the Year

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Don Watkins

American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic by Andrew M. Cuomo My rating: 5 of 5 stars Well written. As I read the text I could hear the familiar voice of Governor Andrew Cuomo that pulled back the curtain … Continue reading →

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Welcome Fiona

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Don Watkins

A couple of years ago while I was visiting Assisi the leader of our pilgrimage invited us to pray a special prayer request in the Basillica of St. Clare in front of the cross of San Damiano. This is the … Continue reading →

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#BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloyd

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Don Watkins

If you’re an American and you’re not sick of racism and bigotry in this country then perhaps you’re part of the problem. I grew up with a racist who threw one of my high school friends out of our house … Continue reading →

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A day of prayer for Covid-19

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Don Watkins

We adore you, Lord Jesus Christ, here, and in all your churches throughout the world, and we bless you, for by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. St. Francis of Assisi Two years ago I was in Assisi … Continue reading →

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