by Bruce McIntyre | Jul 17, 2015 | Serendipity
Children hold the keys Have you encountered a child recently? Have you noticed how most younger children engage life wide-eyed, undaunted, and full of wonder and delight? However, most of us take hits as we go along. Thus, we begin to fear, doubt, and believe the...
by Bruce McIntyre | Jun 29, 2015 | Serendipity
Reflections from Black Mesa The scene unfolded before me as I leaned back in my camping chair. Near dusk, my 10 year old son cast a line into the creek in front of our campsite. As he deliberately managed the reel, an industrious beaver swam down the middle of the...
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...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 24, 2015 | Serendipity
Once again, joy emerges from the ordinary The merry postal worker took me by surprise. Usually a rather antiseptic, even grumpy environment, the post office on this particular day was jumping! Or, should I say, one particular postal worker was jumping and dancing and...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 24, 2015 | Serendipity
A mere forecast of snow is enough to elicit… squeals from children… restful longing from adults… visions of no school, no work, needed rest. Snowfall captures and feeds our inner sense of beauty and serenity… with large, soft...
