by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 19, 2015 | Spiritual Stuff
Words from the end About six years ago, I had the honor of conducting the funeral for a centenarian. As with many centenarians, she was spunky, strong-willed, and a bit mischievous. She had handwritten a three page letter of her funeral requests with exquisite detail....
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 10, 2015 | Spiritual Stuff
For your life, not just for your lawn Last Saturday, I did a four hour meditation on weeds. This mental/spiritual exercise was aided by the fact that I was literally pulling weeds in our yard for those four hours! We loved the May showers, but since I didn’t do...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 5, 2015 | Resilience
Observations on a few of the ones I know Her energy and enthusiasm precede her greeting. She is the founder and owner of Vintage Coffee and she knows my order. Small decaf Americano, perhaps with a chocolate covered biscotti. I tend to gravitate toward exceptional...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 29, 2015 | Serendipity
How to enjoy the celebration as much as the accomplishment School’s out! Last day, great report cards, and celebration beckons. But, messages of hesitation and delay also filled my mind: We don’t need to spend the money on that. Maybe we could do something...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 28, 2015 | Serendipity
A Honey-Do Project Gone Wrong Saturday, June 10, 1995. 4:00am. @#%!!*!! The timer on my stove jolted me out of a dead sleep! We had just arrived home from our honeymoon the day before. And now, on our first morning together in our 635 square foot economy apartment, we...