The Saga of the Shopping Cart ~ Life-Line

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: There’s something about taking the cart back instead of leaving it in the parking lot…It’s significant…Because somebody has to take them in…And if you know that, and you do it for that one guy, you do something else. Read more [...]

If We Really Saw War ~ A Life-Line

Posted on June 24, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: If we really saw war, what war does to young minds and bodies, it would be impossible to embrace the myth of war. If we had to stand over the mangled corpses of schoolchildren killed in Afghanistan and listen to the wails of their Read more [...]

For the Sake of Future Generations ~ A Life-Line

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is an excerpt from: ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS . . . ON THE THEME: ENERGY TRANSITION AND CARE OF OUR COMMON HOUSE Friday, June 14, 2019 In the face of a climatic emergency, we must take appropriate measures, in order Read more [...]

“You’re here! You’re Here!” ~ A Life-Line

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Recently, I just buried my mom and she was ninety-two years old. She was a sweetheart and never afraid of death. Once she said to me, "You know I've never done this before" like it was skydiving. You know, she was just kind of Read more [...]

Soap Operas

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Although I successfully made it through childhood and adolescence without getting my mouth washed out with soap, I have not been as fortunate as of late. Take yesterday morning, for example. I reached for a small travel-sized plastic bottle of mouthwash Read more [...]

Ten Life-Lines of Holy Fools

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL ♦ Awe rather than faith is the cardinal attitude of the religious Jew. (Although I am not Jewish, my heart aligns with this statement) ♦ Some are guilty, all are responsible. DORORTHY DAY ♦ Have we even begun Read more [...]

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Posted on March 4, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream. Cannery Row is the gathered and scattered, tin and iron and rust and splintered wood, chipped Read more [...]

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Posted on February 25, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: [Americans] live by the grace of an unacknowledged inheritance from a rich godfather. The “civil” in our civilization was created by generations whose religious institutions taught them that the golden rule and the inalienable Read more [...]

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Posted on February 18, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

Today's Life-Line is: If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD WAS MUSIC. ~ Kurt Vonnegut for example (or for proof), CLICK HERE: Read more [...]

A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 3

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Daniel J. Miller

In light of Mary Oliver's death last Thursday, let us honor her life and savor her words. The Sun Have you ever seen anything in your life more wonderful than the way the sun, every evening, relaxed and easy, floats toward the horizon and Read more [...]

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The Saga of the Shopping Cart ~ Life-Line

If We Really Saw War ~ A Life-Line

For the Sake of Future Generations ~ A Life-Line

“You’re here! You’re Here!” ~ A Life-Line

Soap Operas

Ten Life-Lines of Holy Fools

Life-Line

Life-Line

Life-Line

A Week with Mary Oliver — Day 3