Recent Blog Posts

My stained glass work is part of my answer to the question: what is a full life?  It brings a measure of sanity in an often crazy world.  

My brother passed away recently. His final weeks in hospice care somehow stand out as one of the richest parts of my life.  I was surprised and initially troubled at that thought.  How could this be so?

We enter the world alone, in the first of life's separations, and we hold the hands of those leaving life so that death is not such a lonely parting.  Our lives in between are a search for connection.  Holding hands unites us.

Yearning for dignity is human.  Having it is foundational to the American republic, built as it is on respect for the individual.  Yet so many Americans demand respect but don’t extend it to others.

Those who want to extend life indefinitely seem to lack the understanding of how precious life is precisely because it is short.  They would live in just one world, as if the earth and the sun could be as majestically glorious without each other.

We don't all get to realize our dreams, but with passion, we can be lifelong dreamers.   Not every actor in the Stardust Diner will make it big, but they all have something big inside them.