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Anchors That Keep Us Grounded

Karl Kachigan By Karl Kachigan on December 1, 2025
Category: Story     Tags: Clarity  Love  Purpose  Spiritual 


There are some things in our life that help keep us grounded. You might call them anchors, like on a ship that drops anchor to stay in one place. In life, anchors keep us in one place only a short ...

Teaching An Old Dog New Tricks

Karl Kachigan By Karl Kachigan on November 17, 2025
Category: Story     Tags: Challenge  Love  Purpose 


A while back, I asked my son Peter to teach me how to play the piano. Peter was good at music. He looked at me whimsically, wondering what the heck was I thinking? To be honest, it was a ploy ...

The Finley Chronicles: Day 461 Life Is Great

Karl Kachigan By Karl Kachigan on October 20, 2025
Category: Story     Tags: Change  Finley 


It is Day 461 with Finley. He has been part of our family for 15 months now. When I started writing about Finley's Aha moments, I didn't know how long they would go on for. In the early months ...

The Finley Chronicles: Day 412 Teeth Cleaning

Karl Kachigan By Karl Kachigan on October 6, 2025
Category: Story     Tags: Change  Finley 


It is Day 412 with Finley. We have returned home from our vacation at Flathead Lake, Montana. I made an appointment with Finley's Veterinarian to get his teeth cleaned. I'd tried brushing his ...