Category Archives: Essays

Thanks to Our Cloudeight Boosters and All Our Friends

Thanks to You and Thanks to Our Cloudeight Boosters Last weekend we added some super specials and freebies for our Cloudeight Boosters… and your response was amazing. So first, we’d like to thank you for that.  We really appreciate it. Or course, not all of you are Cloudeight Boosters. But we want you to know that we very… Read More »

Assumptions and Whims and Hopes

Assumptions and Whims and Hopes We are all, I think, a little bit crazy. We live our lives based on assumptions and insubstantial whims and hopes. We think that everything will always be as it is; we take no thought when we do everyday things that it may be the last time we ever do them. We get… Read More »

Thoughts at Easter

Thoughts at Easter It’s Easter time. It’s a time of rejoicing for Christian around the world. It is a time of rebirth and a time for a renewal of faith. But I was thinking how much we all need a resurrection – a resurrection within us. Each morning when we wake we can choose how we will be… Read More »

The Bigger My World Gets, the Smaller My Dreams Become

The Bigger My World Gets… the Smaller My Dreams Become In the midst of a busy and tiring day like this one, it’s hard to imagine tranquility. It’s hard to separate myself from all that swirls around me and imagine a simpler day, a simpler time, a simpler place. Someday these kinds of busy days will be far… Read More »

Little Miracles Everywhere

Little Miracles Everywhere To be honest, winter wasn’t so bad this year – certainly a big improvement over the brutal winters we have had over the last few years. Life-threateningly cold, highway clogging snow storms, and bitter winds forced most of us to seek shelter in our warm homes. I often thought about the homeless during those harsh… Read More »