Posts Posted in April 2020

Rona Reflections

In the last few weeks, the world has been in a spin. Everyone around the world has been, and still to this day, focused on the virus Convid-19. If you are anything like me, you are ready for all this to be done. You are ready for things to go back to normal, where you can interact with people like you would normally do. For the extroverts, you will be able to go out and gain energy from the people around you, and for the introverts, you can get your extroverted family members off your back trying to hang out with you every chance they have. For the workers without a job right now, you are ready to go back to work and do what you ...

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The Perfect Easter Flower

In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, among the ferns and huckleberry bushes, one can occasionally  encounter a wildflower, Trillium ovatum, that I consider to be the perfect flower for Easter. It is usually solitary and very fragile. It blooms about Easter time and must be shared. If it is plucked and taken home for one’s own pleasure, the plant will die, never to flower again. It has three leaves and three petals representing the Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Initially the flower is white representing purity, the perfect sacrificial lamb, but then the petals turn to a deep purple, the color of the royal robes of a ...

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