Welcome to Lotus Rainier
Arena of Friendship
176 days of digital mass and social distancing 372 days of celery juicing With a deepening sense of reverence, I got up grateful for one more day of life, breathing and enjoying God's creations. I walked out without breakfast, determined to walk miles. I still had in...
Truth, Beauty and Reality This Pandemic
I drive myself twice a month to get groceries. Mostly homebound since March 7, 2020 since the #CoronaVirus pandemic. My first day out to do groceries with my hubby was a nerve-wracking hour. I gradually relaxed after a few more errands, and after seeing folks with...
The Soul of America
I watched Joe Biden and slept 6 hours straight with no angst, hopeful for America. I remembered Joy Reid's serenity and huge smile. I also laughed at Nicole Wallace's remark that "Donald Trump is a gold toilet." But more importantly I could feel the passion of soul...
Carol Ojeda-Kimbrough’s aloha-full life
Ohana generally percolates on aloha, the Hawaiian ideal of love and compassion. “I for one don’t think that I could describe it [aloha],” she says. I think it’s in the person. I think you are blessed with it or you aren’t. They like to say it’s caring and sharing, but...
Rebuilding An American Culture of Solidarity
It was almost like committing suicide for an African Americans to go to the courthouse in the Delta of Mississippi or the Black Belt of Alabama and declare his or her intention to register to vote. White organizers were risking their lives trying to register black...
The Providential Hand in Sulpicio O. Tagud, Jr.’s Life
There are settings and institutions led by people whose identities do not depend on depriving others of theirs. If you are in that kind of family or office or school or hospital, your sense of self is enhanced by leaders who know who they are. These leaders possess a...
Strawberry Eyes: May the morning sun rise in your heart!
152 days of #socialdistancing due to #CoronaVirus 152 days of #digitalmass 348 days of #celeryjuicemaking I often wondered how my #princess2015la is an innate #factoryofjoy? Days ago, she came upon her #grandpa's strawberries. She immediately placed both over her eyes...
Happy Birthday Obama 2020
Happy advanced birthday @barackobama - you are the very first President, whom I dare say with my heart's certainty, that you told us the truth, acted with compassion and for the #commongood, with honesty, integrity and accountability. When I shook your hand at then...
I am Crying
I am crying. Each time I encountered Rainbow sightings without rains, it is when someone dies or laid to rest. Many believe, including myself, that God is welcoming that person into heaven. I heard that when a teenager died from cancer and struggled with her pain to...