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Navigating the Sudden Death of Someone You Love

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on July 1, 2025July 1, 2025

On Memorial Day, 2019, the American holiday that falls on the last Monday in May…

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The Old Man and the Sea

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on May 28, 2025

THE PURSUIT OF SUCCESS: Earnest Hemingway was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. The…

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Tropical Cyclone Alfred and the Voice of God

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on March 20, 2025

Throughout biblical history God demonstrates His willingness to reveal what He is doing. The prophets…

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On the Brink of Everything

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on July 19, 2024

Parker J Palmer was born in Chicago on February 28, 1939, and grew up in…

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The Covenant of Water

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on June 27, 2024

Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water, by acclaimed author, Abraham Verghese, is…

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How Nature Can Heal Our Deepest Wounds

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on August 8, 2022

In 1984 scientist Edward O. Wilson formulated the Biophilia hypothesis, that connection with the natural…

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Exploring John Muir’s Passion for Wild Places

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on July 4, 2022August 8, 2022

John Muir (1838-1914) grew up in Dunbar, east of Edinburgh, where he developed an early…

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A Window to Another World

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on June 8, 2022

We lived in New Zealand for 11 years, before returning to Australia in 1997. I…

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The Salt Path

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on March 31, 2022May 27, 2025

Exploring the transformative effects of walking Any loss can deflate but a catastrophic loss can…

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Drama on the O’Keefe Rail Trail

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on October 29, 2021

How fear can derail our life: This story, although not entirely factual, has a smattering…

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Reflections on Suicide and Staying Alive: My son's suicide changed everything. I felt an obligation to understand why anyone would want to end their life. My regular blog posts explore the causes and prevalence of suicide and what is needed to sustain a healthy mind and a hope-filled future.

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