Bill McDonald's Newsletter - Archive

Trusting Providence

I remember concluding my previous Newsletter with an open question about the meaning of those previous weeks’ Florida vacation/hospitalization and heart emergency. (It’s perhaps a

October 1, 2021

A Near Complete Change of Plans

Part A – Planning my Florida Vacation For some years (before Covid) I’d plan a Winter vacation itinerary that would include a number of visits

August 1, 2021

Well, I Reckon

For me, fortunately, it was almost too easy. For those many months…I could hide in my house, and also in my office just a half

July 1, 2021

Remembering Andy

Andrew Stimson, 1941 – 2021 He was my best college roommate for those first two years of college dorm life at Iowa State Teachers College

June 1, 2021

Why can’t you speak to me like that?

It’s not uncommon, when spouses or domestic partners may be contending with each other over some matter, the phone will ring.  Let’s say the man

April 1, 2021

“Yes”

I heard a ‘yes’ from somewhere – I don’t know where it came from or what it means. What do I do now? I’m not

March 1, 2021

The Sweet Silver Song of a Lark

Remember that song from Rogers & Hammerstein’s “Carousel” – back in the 1950’s?  “When you Walk Through a Storm”. [1] (Lyrics below in Footnotes) Parallels

February 1, 2021

Too Much and Never Enough

Among the Native Americans with whom I’ve rubbed shoulders in this my latest quarter century, there are ritual words, akin to our “Good Bye” (God

January 1, 2021

After the People Stayed Home

It seems we’ve tried everything… Word is, now we’ve got a vaccine. And we all know to be thankful  (or is it skeptical) A savior

December 1, 2020

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