Archive - The Simple Joy of Living

The Heaven I Know

I sit on our loveseat and watch the sky through a wall of windows in our new flat.

Feb 2 •

November 2024

This is Survivorship

*A note to readers: I’ve gone from posting once a week, to bi-weekly, to monthly and beyond in-line with my effort to distance myself from writing about…

Nov 10, 2024 •

August 2024

Water: The Courage to Cross

*A note to my readers: You may have noticed I’ve been posting less these days.

Aug 2, 2024 •

June 2024

My Father, a Golden Voice

My father was always encouraging me to join him in some adventure he had stirred up, more as a creative partner than a father-son activity.

Jun 16, 2024 •

May 2024

Learning the Language of Cancer

An act of survival

May 23, 2024 •

April 2024

Seasons of the Terroir

Integrating food as medicine with my cancer treatment.

Apr 8, 2024 •

March 2024

An audio story of a boy and his perilous journey alone from Vietnam to the U.S. to start a new life. (Written and narrated by Lars Wanberg. Original…

Mar 18, 2024 •

February 2024

The Last Homesteader: An Audio Story

In remembrance of my father on his birthday

Feb 29, 2024 •

Memory, Mozart and Molding Mud

Feb 11, 2024 •

January 2024

Lost in the Sheets

I had a dream of my mom hanging sheets on the clothing line in our backyard on an early summer morning.

Jan 18, 2024 •

December 2023

On the Train with Timmy

Dec 24, 2023 •

November 2023

A Story of Renewed Friendship, Part II

An invitation to Alaska

Nov 13, 2023 •

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