Imagine Imagine you are a snowflake and you are born on a high cloud on a bleak and colorless bitter winter day. And for the longest time, you’re borne on the lofty and majestic winds that sweep the crescents of the sky, always surrounded by others like you, all alike and all different and all traveling… Read More »
Expiration Date The other day I was going through some stuff in the pantry – you know – checking dates. Some stuff you buy sounds good when you buy it but then you realize when you get it home that you’ll never use it. For instance, I like water chestnuts, so I thought I’d buy a couple… Read More »
Molly, ‘The Bubble’, and Me “A glooming peace this morning with it brings, The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head…” Those lines from Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” were among my first thoughts this morning. Honestly, I expected it, but I was still not prepared for it. My days will be emptier, and my life… Read More »
Angels “The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.” (George Eliot) I think most of us would agree the world has too little love and far too much hate. But we cannot… Read More »
A Case for Heaven Our world is filled with contrasting experiences and outcomes. It has become painfully apparent to me that life is not fair, or at the very least fairness is not distributed equally. A lady in my neighborhood called “Helen” had a son with Down Syndrome nearly 30 years ago. Her life, her love,… Read More »
I’m a Lucky Old Dude Life is full of surprises and a lot of twists and turns. And I’m old enough to know that life is not fair. So what? I just roll with the punches. Life is not easy, and life is not fair, and anyone young enough to believe that it is will find… Read More »