Sharing insights and inspiration that happen over a cup of tea
Sharing insights and inspiration that happen over a cup of tea
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Recently, I came into possession of an amazing, touching, and quite large, framed print of the photo by Gregory Colbert entitled “boy reading to elephant.” When I saw it, I felt the weight of my world lifting, and a feeling of calm and happiness took its place. I smiled and continue to smile whenever I…
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Many years ago, I began writing a novel, “Ruby, The Life of the Funeral.” As a character, Ruby was a composite of my aunts who could make a funeral a memorable occasion. My first draft of many chapters was lost when my computer was taken hostage, my files encoded and ransomed for a price – a…
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Download The Eucharist Is Our Highway to Heaven A musician of the Metuchen Diocese has partnered with the first millennial saint to create a hymn proclaiming their shared love of the Eucharist. Entitled “The Eucharist is our Highway to Heaven,” the hymn was composed by St. Augustine of Canterbury Parish’s William Berg using lyrics he…
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Lately, I have been thinking a lot about home, what it means, what it is, and the power imbued in the experience that is home. The poet T. S. Eliot wrote often of home, speaking of it as “the place from where we start.” In his poem, East Coker, he writes, “In my beginning is…
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Tim Keyes Consort celebrates its 30th year by presenting a number of new works including the Suite for Flute and Orchestra, “Now Until Twilight,” an “Irish Overture” and an oratorio, “The Pool” on Saturday June 14, at Richardson Auditorium. Princeton. “The Irish Overture” is composed by a Rutger’s Mason Gross student and Concert Master Amelia…
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This month I will be 72 years young, though my knees might argue the point. I walk with a cane for the most part and am happy to have it. It’s great for getting boxes and cans off the top shelf in the supermarket, and it’s a reminder to me that I have finally learned…
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One thing you learn in a family is that everyone has their own way of doing things. Whether it’s children, parents or in the role of spouse, there is no one way of getting a message across. …
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As I climbed the stairs to the cathedral choir loft for the first time since COVID shook our faith in so many things, I recalled one of the reasons I was even privileged to be singing for a memorial Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Many years ago, I was asked to cover a concert…
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As I climbed the stairs to the cathedral choir loft for the first time since COVID shook our faith in so many things, I recalled one of the reasons I was even privileged to be singing for a memorial Mass for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Many years ago, I was asked to cover a concert…
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Imagine this scene on the maternity floor of the local hospital. A young woman has just…
God Talk and Tea 