Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth, ME

 

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My brilliant and famous colleague, Robert Fulghum, wrote that all he really needed to know he learned in kindergarten. He seems to be a good man and a successful minister, so I have no doubt that that first year of schooling served him well.

Myself, I have needed a little more education. There were, of course, years of school, which you know I think is a dicey prospect at best, but there have been other, stronger possibilities. Going to camp, for example, especially Unitarian Universalist camp. Working on tech crew for the drama club. Working on tech crew in college. Comparing the two. Singing in choirs. Shoveling snow. Learning to stay in a small boat in a very big ocean.

Of course, this is hardly the season for kayaks. But recently my partner Janine and I have taken up a new hobby: playing solitaire.

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