This week I had the bittersweet pleasure of finishing a wonderful book. I’d read it slowly, savoring it in morsels, and it has taken up space on my bedside table for many moons. But I was near the end, and, having had a rather bad day, gave in to the guilty delight of finishing it... Continue Reading →
Ordinary Work
It's Labor Day. Break out the cooler, splash some mud, kick back. Summer slid by in a sticky blur -- are you ready for fall? Today we celebrate the end of vacation, gear up for another year of vocation. We are back to work -- ordinary, beautiful, work. Today we play, tomorrow we ply our... Continue Reading →
All in a Day’s Work
Vocation: calling, life’s work, mission, purpose, craft, career. Deeper than a job, what “occupies” us, what we clock in and out for, vocation is something welling up and spilling out. Vocation is what you daydream about when you’re a kid or pursue in your free time with passion. And sometimes it’s at odds with gainful... Continue Reading →