Reflections

Notes from our first year of retirement, travel, transition, faith, and the quiet work of paying attention.

Lessons We Have Learned the Hard Way in Italy

Statute in Rome. Lessons Learned

Travel is educational. Definitely culturally and historically. Occasionally its by walking barefoot into a raised floor edge at ....

Italy, Changing Roles, and Traveling in a New Season

Rick Steves book on Italy

Traveling in Italy We leave for Italy in a few days, and in an unexpected turn of events, ....

Portable Order: How Travel Tests (and Refines) Our Rhythm

Two coffee cups and croissants on a table in an airport lounge. Featured in Portable Order: How Travel Tests (and refines) our rhythm

Travel has a way of revealing what is real. A rhythm that only exists at home is not ....

Anchors, Not Chains: Building a New Home Rhythm

Two coffee cups, a journal and a Bible on a table in a library. Featured in Anchors not Chains: Building a Home Rhythm

Building a New Home Rhythm Morning arrives differently now. Without an alarm clock announcing the day, we are ....

The Case for Snake Skin Shoes

lady in jeans and snake skin shoes

Can we discuss the case for snake skin shoes? There is a well known poem that infers that ....

When the Alarm Clock Stops: Do We Drift or Design?

Two coffee cups on a table on a deck. Used as the feature image in When the Alarm clock stops: do we drift or design?

October 3, 2025, Michael left for work for the last time. We had coffee on the deck and ....

Choosing Steadiness in this Season

Early spring eastern redbud

A First Sunday in Lent Reflection ~ Choosing Steadiness in this Season This time of year carries more ....

SKOL: The Discipline of Hope

A Minnesota Vikings emblem. Skol: The Discipline of Hope

Super Bowl Sunday. The day you gather with family and friends to watch the biggest sporting event of ....

Let’s Focus on the Good Things

Let's Focus on the Good Things

Traveling back to Minnesota always gives us time to talk. Especially now, when there are no work calls ....

If you’ve found yourself in a similar season,  newly retired, reorienting, or simply learning to slow down, you’re welcome here.

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