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Posts published by “Todd Walton”

Receiving

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” — Jesus, Acts 20:35 John Steinbeck’s preface to his wonderful The Log From the Sea of…

Fiscal Cliffs

“Whoever said money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go shopping.” — Bo Derek So…immediately following and ever since the re-election of President…

Paradigms Shifting

“I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.” — Henry David Thoreau…

What’s New?

“Life is full of obstacle illusions.” — Grant Frazier A recent San Francisco 49ers game ended in a tie with the St. Louis Rams, the first professional…

Nature Bats Last

“Deer have been around for five million years and must know what they’re doing.”— Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Our new home turns out to be a…

Precious Dream

Several years ago, I wrote the song Precious Dream, and three years ago when Marcia and I recorded So Not Jazz, our CD of cello/piano/guitar/vocal duets we included the song on the album.

Yard Sale

We just had a big yard sale to move along the myriad things we did not wish to keep in our new life in our…

Zero Population Growth

“The chief cause for the impending collapse of the world—the cause sufficient in and by itself—is the enormous growth of the human population: the human…

Inventing Ourselves

“You don’t have to suffer to be a poet. Adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.” — John Ciardi My last few trips to the village…

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