Sunflower Chronicles

  • Recently I ran into an acquaintance I hadn’t seen in a few years.  He looked so perplexed when I enthusiastically greeted him.   After I reintroduced myself, he noted my hair was different.  We talked for a few minutes and parted. A few days later I saw him again, this time in a there were a few others present.   He https://sunflowerchronicles.blog/2024/01/01/hello-world/

  • I’ve been browsing through photographs and memories this past week, remembering mom.   There’s so much to say, yet I struggle to find words.   It’s her birthday. And the anniversary of her death.  Mom was born on January 22, 1933, and given a beautiful name: Angelique. This name is of French origin, meaning angelic.  The angels carried her https://sunflowerchronicles.blog/2024/01/01/hello-world/

  • I am being drawn into silence.  On a typical morning when I sit in my study, I begin the day by listening to a guided mediation. I tend to be a bit restless, even in a contemplative posture my mind is busy.  Frequently, I have to pause the daily meditation and back it up a bit because https://sunflowerchronicles.blog/2024/01/01/hello-world/

  • How’re you doing with your plans and goals for the new year? Are you still excited? Or does it feel like it’s already time to revise, or even give up on, the vision for 2024? This year, I gave myself time to dream freely about the new year.Over the years I’ve envisioned things I’d like https://sunflowerchronicles.blog/2024/01/01/hello-world/

  • Behold, I am doing a new thing; (Isaiah 43:19) There is a light blanket of fresh snow blanketing the lawn this first morning of 2024. I greet this day, this new year,  with hope and enthusiasm. As so many of us do at the dawn of a new year, I’ve been reflecting on the journey of https://sunflowerchronicles.blog/2024/01/01/hello-world/