Not To Be Taken for Granted

One of the great pleasures in life during our time in the desert was monsoon season.  Mrs. tVM and I enjoyed sitting on our covered decks and watching the lightning flash and the rain pour from the sky in bucketsful.  It was wondrous and awe-inspiring. Since moving to the hobbit house a week ago, Clarence …

Gonna Set My Soul Free

Swedish writer and photographer Staffan Widstrand comments, “Many people have experienced for themselves the value of simply walking in nature, how you return feeling refreshed, how your thinking is clearer and you are more balanced.” My personal direct encounters with nature throughout my life verify Mr. Widstrand’s observation. “In a hole in the ground there …