It has been a nasty, cold, windy winter. And after weeks of punishing winter weather, it is with great pleasure I report to you that my little town has seen moderating temperatures of late. Not that Mother Nature can fool me at my age, because I know she has more surprises ahead. But, this week has been a… Read More »
You look at the room in the house that seems so perfect. It is an older home, but it has the charm and character and the ambiance that keeps calling you back to it. But then there is that floor. You notice every time you visit the home the floor in that big beautiful room – the one… Read More »
For one brief but ugly moment last week I deserted the cynic inside me. I left the comfort of cynicism intoxicated by the sweet poison of hope. Don’t worry. I’m back in full vigor now. No more rose-colored glasses for me. There is comfort in cynicism. I have my blankie back. I am my old cynical self again.… Read More »
Winter is death incarnate. Its bleak sullen skies and early sunsets, stir up a morose soup that seeps deep into your soul sadly and lingers. You can’t digest it. You can’t shake it. You can’t get rid of it. The darkness is everywhere. Even the melancholy morning sun mourns and yearns for spring. But in our eternal disregard… Read More »
When we say “just a moment” do we ever consider what a moment really is? We say “just a moment” without thinking of what moments mean in our lives. Does a moment reflect a certain amount of time? Does a moment in time mean something different to each one of us? Is a moment a measurement of time… Read More »
There’s No Money In Heaven “A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be a better place, because I was important in the life of a child.” (changed from the original quotation from “Within… Read More »