Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark 4C6K5E These few letters and numbers identify the Southwest flight we will board tomorrow night at 8:30. It is a nonstop flight winging to Los Angeles, CA. We don’t arrive until 10-something at LAX, a very busy airport. We offered to Uber to the hotel, but Ted insists he will …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Hawk medicine Yesterday morning a hawk appeared on our fence. It sat there quietly gazing at us sitting inside. I got up from the table, walked slowly to the sliding glass door, and took its picture. I was no more than 8 feet away from the bird. As I approached, …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark So much talent Friday in the late afternoon there was a notice on my phone showing singer Cynthia Erivo performing at the Kennedy Center Honors program. I watched her sing “Alfie” on my little screen and I had goosebumps during her performance. Jan and I had missed the show the …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Two boys and a small dog Today I will be taking my New Jersey Peeps back to Lambert St Louis Airport. They will hopefully get home for a quiet weekend before 2024 puts its stamp on their lives. I know it’s been a weird Christmas for them since their other …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Back to normal Everywhere I went yesterday I heard people say now that Christmas is over it will be a relief to resume some sense of normalcy. Apparently it is time to get back in the saddle and ride the normal ranges of our lives. For me that means getting …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Wisdom and beauty This morning I came across a short poem by Maya Angelou that stopped my pre-dawn scrolling. Whenever I come into her presence, I pause and pay attention. I have been a follower since I read her first book, “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings”. The powerful …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Saudade. What an odd word to come across on this Christmas Day – my Word Daily email produced this elegant Portuguese word. It is one of the few words that remains with me from a six year life in Brazil. At age 16, I graduated from high school and left …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark The eaglets land today In a handful of hours I will be circling Terminal 2 at Lambert Saint Louis airport, looking for a place to pull in to the agreed upon pickup location on the upper level. I imagine that the airport is going to be a regular madscape of …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Lithology “The study of the physical characteristics of rocks, also of the rocks of a particular area.” Some of us are rock people and I count myself among those folks. Rock people always have an eye out for an interesting specimen to pocket and save for, well, I’m not sure …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Life is what happens… …when you’re busy making other plans. This pithy saying has defined my life so many times that I can’t remember them all. I don’t even remember when I first heard it said, but I have had occasion to quote it frequently. I can be going along …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark The wonder of it all At church yesterday we had a guest artist perform for us. Our music director, Steve Schenkel, knows so many great local performers that each Sunday we are delighted with yet another St. Louis star. Erin Bode is listed in google as “An American Singer” and …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark The countdown begins This coming week may be the most joy-filled and anticipation laden week of the year for me. In a mere seven days Christmas Eve will be upon us. Jan and I will be hosting our daughter and grandsons for an overnight adventure. We will all wear matching …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Google me an idiot Google docs. Google log-in. Google maps and search. Google calendar. Google meet. Google, Google, everywhere and I am lost. The only thing that I can do is google topics of interest to me, and that feature I love. However, I seem to have arrived at the …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Deontology I swear I would run out of ideas to write about if it weren’t for the prompts that live on my computer. This word means the study of the nature of duty and obligation. It comes on the heels of this week’s series of Richard Rohr meditations about our …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Sinecure “A position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.” This is today’s Word Daily. While I have known a few people in such positions, the first one to pop into my head is 45. I won’t write his name out but if you’re …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark A love affair Going through my Facebook feed this morning, and any other time, whenever I see a picture taken in New Mexico I hit the heart icon. As a result, more and more images of our 47th state show up on Facebook for my viewing pleasure. On January 6 …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark “A and W” “The world presents itself in two ways to me. The world as a thing I own, the world as a mystery I face. What I own is a trifle, what I face is sublime. I am careful not to waste what I own; I must learn not …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark An urge to write This morning there is nothing burning in my brain to write about, but I feel compelled to write something. It’s time for my lava lamp mind to send something random into my consciousness. Last night before I fell asleep – which usually happens a few minutes …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Still in awe Many of my hours yesterday were spent reflecting on the article about the birth of a star or planet in a galaxy far, far away. I look out my window at the trees that have lost their leaves as they are meant to do, and I can’t …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Meanwhile, in a neighboring galaxy… It’s Saturday morning and I don’t need to be anywhere for a few more hours. I took my time browsing articles of interest and was immediately captured by one about a phenomenon happening in the galaxy right next to ours. Having worked in health care …
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