Tag: Albert Einstein

• PLAY – the Best Medicine

  A couple weeks ago Floey and I went for a long morning walk, and it really felt like summer for the first time this year. The sun had warmed the air to the mid 70s, a few white clouds floated in the bright blue sky, the birds were singing, and cornfields were showing off neat…

  Marian

  June 20, 2017

  Gardening, Goals, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Music, Reflections

  Albert Einstein, Alexa, Amazon Echo, arthritis of the soul, best medicine, childhood memories, cowboys and Indians, Floey, importance of play, Joan Chittister, lazy hazy crazy days of summer, Monastic Way, morning walk, play, summer, treasure hunt, walks with Floey

• The Time Machine in my Mind

  

  I think it was Albert Einstein who postulated that time is the fourth dimension – after length, width, and height. That intrigued me when I first heard the idea. I think I was in junior high. About the same time, I watched a TV episode of the “The Twilight Zone” that played with that idea.…

  Marian

  September 1, 2015

  Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  Albert Einstein, baling hay, childhood memories, Ecclesiastes, Farmall, Floey, fourth dimension, fruits of labor, gratitude, hay wagon, memories, time machine, time travel, time zone, tractor, Twilight Zone

• A Roundtable Discussion that Makes My Day

  Imagine starting your day almost every morning in a roundtable discussion with six other people plus yourself. In my case, the people are Joan Chittister, Henri Nouwen, God, Jimmy Carter, Christine Dallman, and M. J. Ryan – and, of course, myself. Wow! Quite a group of seven we are. Usually, everyone speaks up in the…

  Marian

  April 28, 2015

  Blogs, Book Recommendations, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  “Christ in Our Home”, aggravations, Albert Einstein, Attitudes of Gratitude, Bread for the Journey, Christine Dallman, Christmas Mountain, Edward Hays, Henri Nouwen, Jimmy Carter, Joan Chittister, M. J. Ryan, Prayers for a Planetary Pilgrim, quiet, quietness, Revised Common Lectionary, roundtable, roundtable discussion, standing in line, The Monastic Way, The Personal Daily Prayer Book, Through the Year with Jimmy Carter