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by April Moore May 30, 2021 A few months ago, here at HUU, I expressed a great joy about something that had unexpectedly come into my life—a folder of my mother’s writings from long ago. Apparently, when I’d received the folder a couple of years ago from my sister, I’d stashed it in a closet and forgotten all about it. But a couple of months ago I came across it. This folder was stuffed with more than 40 typed stories and essays.  From the return address on the first page o

by Tom Hook April 11, 2021 When I first began to review this topic from Soul Matters of “Becoming”, I must admit that I was a bit perplexed and challenged. After all, most of us present here today – including myself – would be categorized in the camp of “aging out”. So what else do we need to Become? After all, we have weathered so much in our brief stay on Mother Earth. Wars, unrest, pandemics, the re?emergence of racism. Can’t we just rest? Put our feet up and relax for the

By Cathy Strickler February 14, 2021 Hi Everybody, it’s really great to be here with you all and have the opportunity to talk. Thank you Merle, I really appreciate you for asking me and I really appreciate you all for listening. I also appreciate and thank everyone who has made these programs possible. They have been a consistent source of connection and comfort. When Merle asked me to speak I knew right away that I wanted to talk about compassion because I had been thinking

By J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. January 31, 2021 Three weeks ago Tom Hook spoke about “Imagination, ” the topic this month from Soul Matters, with today the last of the month. While he mentioned a dark side to imagination, he mostly focused on its positive aspect, providing visions of better futures that may be achieved with proper hope and effort. Today we shall be more concerned with the dark side, people imagining things that are simply unreal and are not going t

By Mary Hahn January 17, 2021 I woke up one morning and saw the frost on the roof and on the grass and I looked out at the mountains that stood strong like an unbreakable sentry that has stood guard over the valley for millions of years. The mountains are the soul of the region. To understand the mountains is to know ourselves. During our brief lifetime we see little change; they appear much the same. My mind drifted back to the times in which we live. The acrimony and the pa