by Jeffrey Scherer | Apr 5, 2015 | Art, Cultural, Philosphy, Travel |
This is the season of renewal. In many religions, this is a time when people pledge a commitment to deepen their relationship with their god, their family and their community. They seek inner peace through these rituals. The rights of spring, throughout history, have...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Apr 4, 2015 | Philosphy |
My mother (second from left) had 8 brothers and sisters. 5 of these were half-sisters and a half-brother. In this picture mom is seen with (left to right) Virginia, Mom, Sadie and Laverne (her full sisters). Mom was 16 when this picture was taken. Only Virginia is...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Apr 3, 2015 | Philosphy |
From 1953 until I graduated from high school, we lived in a house (2 different ones) behind my father’s Texaco service station in Fort Smith, Arkansas (at the corner of 56th Street and Rogers Avenue). Dad had begun his service station career after WWII in...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Mar 21, 2015 | Philosphy |
Living requires making relationships that you like and do not like. I spend some of my day dealing with those relationship I don’t like but I try, primarily, to focus only on those I do like. One of the relationships I really like is with my ghosts (for those...
by Jeffrey Scherer | Mar 18, 2015 | Philosphy |
For some time now, we have been considering ways to reduce our carbon footprint while living here in Mexico. We already do this in some ways. We live in the historic centro of Merida–meaning we can walk to get most things we need for daily living. We do still...
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