Random Thoughts - January 2024
I watched last fall as two dedicated volunteers were deadheading a large group of daisies. I wondered if dead heading to flowers is as...
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Dr. Ted Klontz
Dec 31, 20233 min read
Random Thoughts - December 23
I was drinking some delicious cider and started wondering about something. Doesn’t a baked apple have about the same consistency, smell,...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Dec 2, 20234 min read
Courage
One of the things I do is meet regularly with groups of people virtually and in-person. I ask them (and myself) to reflect on a...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Nov 19, 20234 min read
Random Thoughts - November 2023
I was reminded as I was making the long trek through the airport that if I slow down, I become part of a natural flow of humanity that is...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Nov 3, 20233 min read
On The Road to Find Out
A friend asked me what I think about what has happened on the world’s stage made so starkly evident in early October in the Middle East. ...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Oct 13, 20233 min read
Random Thoughts - October 2023
I just learned that I have a parasite by the name of Chris Vuick (rhymes with Yuck?) who has wrapped himself around my messages to you on...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Sep 30, 20233 min read
The Box
In the Lakota culture there is a leather item, called a parfleche. It is a boxlike container. As I understand it, traditionally women...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Sep 14, 20232 min read
Random Thoughts September 2023
As I sat with a couple whose young, beautiful, vibrant, innocent daughter’s young life had ended suddenly and tragically, I was reminded...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Sep 1, 20234 min read
All My Relations
I returned recently from a trip to Switzerland. I was privileged to spend some very special time with a local family for the better part...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Aug 17, 20234 min read
Random Thoughts - August
Ever notice that the word “imperfect” can be sounded out as “I-m-perfect?” It all depends on where I place the emphasis as I say the...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Aug 5, 20233 min read
Another Lakota Lesson
Once again, I was fortunate enough to be sitting in the ceremonial area of Bear Butte, one of the seven sacred sites of the Lakota. A...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Jul 14, 20233 min read
Random Thoughts - July
I’ve learned over and over again, often through pain, to be wary of anything and anyone that claims to be everything. That includes me,...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Jul 1, 20233 min read
S&M
The other day, a young lady I was speaking with shared what she described as the numbing, humbling and painful awareness of her loss of a...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Jun 18, 20234 min read
Random Thoughts - June
I was driving in silence (in the sense of any outside stimuli) and found myself thoughtlessly reaching to turn on the radio to my...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Jun 3, 20234 min read
Another Divine Moment
I use the word Divine for this note that I am writing here. Some would call what I am talking about “God,” the “Great Unknown,” the...
Dr. Ted Klontz
May 19, 20233 min read
Random Thoughts - May
I was having a life and death discussion (truly) with a friend about the ultimate meaning and purpose of life when we crested a hill and...
Dr. Ted Klontz
May 3, 20234 min read
OWMGS
Someone spoke to me recently about their perception of my “obsession” with the Indigenous peoples of my world, and asked what I thought...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Apr 13, 20234 min read
Random Thoughts - April
I was reminded quite painfully recently that the size of my wishes often exceeds the size of my wallet. I was wondering the other day...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Apr 1, 20235 min read
Nashville, March 27, 2023
Driving to the airport after a precious day with a precious couple that I got to work with, I heard the news. Another six innocents had...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Mar 18, 20234 min read
Random Thoughts - March
The restaurant sign said “Open Sunday through Saturday from 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM”. Is that different than “Open Daily from 11:00 AM to...
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