Chaos is multiplying faster than a hummingbird’s wings.
We see…
Plenty of news to be down.
But one of God’s tiny creatures shows us how to choose joy.
Continue Reading “How to Find Joy When the World Feels Apocalyptic” The AI tipping point is here.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei posted an essay on September 12, 2026, warning the world that humans risk losing control to A.I. bots that can self-improve to the point where the bots have control and humans do not.
Let that soak your Post Toasties for a minute.
Amodei’s concern is heightened due to the recent OpenAI-Hugging Face incident where…
“…a swarm of agents essentially acted as a fanatically devoted collective, conducting cybersecurity attacks on targets they were not asked to attack and that were unrelated to the task at hand.”
— Dario Amodei, We Must Pace the Frontier, September 2026
Now he worries that a tenacious botnet could take over the internet in 6-12 months.
We may have reached an irreversible tipping point.
Are you prepared?
My 94-year-old dad taught me something surprising about aging: growing older doesn’t have to mean growing old.
He faced heart failure, physical pain and the realities of old age with a combination of realism, optimism and faith.
Three lessons from his life changed the way I think about aging.
They may change the way you think about it, too.
Continue Reading “3 Lessons About Aging I Learned From My 94-Year-Old Dad” Want to beat the summer heat? Beavers may know more about staying cool than we do.
Their secret isn’t air conditioning. It’s planning.
A beaver lodge offers three surprisingly useful lessons for surviving a scorching summer, much less a scorching life.
Build in the right place, use what you have wisely, protect your family, and think beyond today.
So what can a beaver teach us about surviving the heat and building a happier life?
Continue Reading “3 Beaver Secrets to Beat the Summer Heat and Live Happier” Walking down to the lake early on a July morning, I feel the joy of margin.
I’m not thinking about meetings or deadlines.
Just space to see…
A turtle lifts its head as I ease the jet ski into the calm water.
Soon I’m idling along at four miles an hour, coffee in hand, a camera in the running board.
I’m in no hurry.
Then it hits me. Margin isn’t about finding more time. It’s about protecting time. Margin doesn’t over-schedule. It sets limits before life sets them for us.
Continue Reading “The Joy of Margin: What an Early Morning Jet Ski Ride Taught Me”