Author Archives: Richard Guzman

Mandala Making on the Web

In the 2014 excerpt from my journal “Climbing Bryan’s Mountain,” I commented on the Buddhist ritual of sand mandalas as a symbol of the beauty and impermanence of life.  After days of patiently using colored sand to build the mandala’s elaborate … Continue reading

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Stuff

The gift-giving season just having passed, most all of us now have more stuff, and we’re poised for acquiring even more: the biggest bargains of the year coming in the dead of winter as merchants try to clear out what … Continue reading

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30th ANNIVERSARY of the Gospel Extravaganza

Saturday, FEBRUARY 3rd, NORTH CENTRAL COLLEGE, 7:30 p.m. Psalm 90, verse 4, says, “For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night,” so a 30th Anniversary might … Continue reading

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