This is a continuation of a chat thread I started during the 2026 US Core Group retreat with Thomas Hübl. If you were there, you know what the references are. If you were not there, don't know what US Core Group retreat is and find yourself here either because someone like me sent you here, or you randomly stumbled in, let me offer a l...

I’m thinking about my kids talking a break in their relations with me and Jenn. I also saw a post on Facebook about how someone had cut ties with family members so she can feel safe. I also hear on news programs, in conversations or social media how it’s important to take space from people or groups to create safety for one’s self. The...

“The Right Way To Do It is a perfect name for a book (blog or website). It's somewhat inflammatory, and if we didn't think everything we were putting in it weren't right, we would put something else in its place. Someone who knows the right way to do everything would go there just to prove we were wrong. Those who were looking for a si...

I feel like I am a spy in the Republican movement in this country. My circumstances have somehow removed me from the tribe with which I once identified. So here I am participating with people with whom I thought I had nothing in common. And I get to listen to the propaganda of their political agenda as though I belong with them. What i...

I have been thinking about that since last night. I think a better answer than the one I offered is this: I don't think about fun any more than I think about the weather. I don't base my decision whether to do something on how fun it might or might not be. I don't base my activities on the weather either. The weather will be good, or n...

Everyday is the same, just in a different way. ~TM Mea Culpa. What does it mean to be humble? ~CM What does that word even mean? ~EG

Appreciation often puts me on that centered path. C

“The Right Way To Do It is a perfect name for a book (blog or website). It's somewhat inflammatory, and if we didn't think everything we were putting in it weren't right, we would put something else in its place. Someone who knows the right way to do everything would go there just to prove we were wrong. Those who were looking for a si...