Tag Archives: home

Walking Each Other Home

Posted on December 2, 2012 by russtowne

“We’re all just walking each other home.” –Ram Dass This is one of my favorite quotes as it says so much in so few words. Russ

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Grateful Generosity

Posted on September 13, 2012 by russtowne

I just saw a post from I Stop For Suffering (I love that site) that showed a photo of a man holding a cardboard sign that read: “I have a job, I have a home. Could YOU use $5?” Now … Continue reading →

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Paradise

Posted on June 10, 2012 by russtowne

My beloved wife and I spent today in paradise. We walked in an ancient redwood forest along a large creek with clear flowing water, small waterfalls, and deep pools. All around us towered my favorite tree as we walked among … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Family "Fun", Healing, Inspiring, Nature, True Stories I've Written | Tagged awe, beloved, carpet, child, clover, creek, dance, ferns, First grade, forest, home, inpiring, kindergarten, Life, Love, memory, nature, paradise, redwood, rhythm, shadow, soothe. soothing, sorrel, Special Ed, spirit, sun, teacher, trees, walk, waterfall, waterfalls, wife, wind, woman, woman of my life | 3 Comments

Morning Reflections

Posted on May 24, 2012 by russtowne

There was a time many years ago when I woke up exhausted every week day, crawled out of bed at about 5:30am and faced a daunting and life-sucking 1 hour and 40 minute 1-way commute to work, doing a job … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Courage, Creativity, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Education, Family "Fun", Friendship, Generosity, Gratitude, Growth/Learning, LIfe Lessons, Observations, Optimism, Random Thoughts, True Stories I've Written | Tagged blessed, Career, child, children, Chocolate Lab, commute, Dog, dream, dreams, Duke, Family, fern, ferns, friends, garden, grateful, gratitude, grove, home, house, job, kids, morning, morning reflections, profession, redwood, redwoods, support network, wife, window | 5 Comments

“Welcome Home Daddy! I Can Walk!”

Posted on May 11, 2012 by russtowne

Here are a couple of snippets from a brief story that brightened my day, followed by URL’s the the vid and story. “A U.S. marine returning home from Afghanistan is greeted by his 6-year-old son at a ceremony inside a … Continue reading →

Posted in Courage, Healing, Inspiring, Parenting, Vids & Stories That Touched Me | Tagged Afghanistan, Cerebral Palsey, deployed, home, homecoming, Jeremy Cooney, Marine, Melissa Cooery, Michael Cooney, returned home, secret, Staff Sgt. Jeremy Cooney, surprise, surprised, walk, welcome home, welcome home dady, WelcomeHomeBlog.com. | Leave a comment

I Have Much to Learn From My Dog

Posted on February 29, 2012 by russtowne

A friend forwarded these and they seem right on to me. My dog Duke has been modeling these for me for six years and I still struggle to consistently do them. What can I say? I’m a slow learner. When … Continue reading →