If you’re lucky enough to love somebody, and even luckier to have that somebody love you back, you’re always thinking of little things that say I love you.

The candy, the cards, the flowers, the stuffed animals are always appropriate. If you’ve been together a while, been there, given that. Then there is the Slinky Spinwheel.

Okay, it’s just a happy-colored mylar pinwheel. But consider this. The candy gets eaten, the card gets put in a drawer, the cut flowers wilt, the live flowers need water and when they don’t get it die, the stuffed animals cutely live on a closet shelf.

The spinwheel lives. It spins prettily and magically in the spring breeze. Or in the summer, fall or even cold winter breeze. Just like the one you love and who, if you’re lucky, loves you back.

April 15, 2026

You can walk for peace with every step

This past winter a group of Buddhist monks walked across America for peace. The Walk for Peace captured the spirit and imagination of many Americans. Wherever the monks walked and stopped they were surrounded by followers, many who knew little about Buddhism but inherently and absolutely knew the value of seeking peace.

You don’t have to walk cross country as a Buddhist monk to seek peace. You don’t have to walk a mile or a block to seek peace.

Whenever you walk, putting one foot down, picking one foot up, or just moving any way you do, there is peace in every step. Peace in every step, in every word, in every thought.

Bob Schwartz

April 15, 2026

Spring Love Thing: Slinky Spinwheels

April 15, 2026

You can walk for peace with every step