Assumptions and Whims and Hopes We are all, I think, a little bit crazy. We live our lives based on assumptions and insubstantial whims and hopes. We think that everything will always be as it is; we take no thought when we do everyday things that it may be the last time we ever do them. We get… Read More »
Thoughts at Easter It’s Easter time. It’s a time of rejoicing for Christian around the world. It is a time of rebirth and a time for a renewal of faith. But I was thinking how much we all need a resurrection – a resurrection within us. Each morning when we wake we can choose how we will be… Read More »
The Bigger My World Gets… the Smaller My Dreams Become In the midst of a busy and tiring day like this one, it’s hard to imagine tranquility. It’s hard to separate myself from all that swirls around me and imagine a simpler day, a simpler time, a simpler place. Someday these kinds of busy days will be far… Read More »
Innocence Lost: A Brief History of the Internet Most of us think back on the past as a simpler, less complicated time. When we let our thoughts drift back to our childhoods – no matter how old we are – most of us imagine a more beautiful world, a more peaceful time in our lives. I do not… Read More »
Little Miracles Everywhere To be honest, winter wasn’t so bad this year – certainly a big improvement over the brutal winters we have had over the last few years. Life-threateningly cold, highway clogging snow storms, and bitter winds forced most of us to seek shelter in our warm homes. I often thought about the homeless during those harsh… Read More »
I’m a Jelly Donut Trollop There is nothing like a pleasure delayed. For the past several weeks I have had an overwhelming, almost prurient yearning for a jelly donut. Why? I don’t know. Maybe because I made a bet with doctor that I’d lose 30 pounds by my next scheduled visit with him. For the last 3 weeks… Read More »