Angel of Mercy Most of you know, or have known, an angel in your lifetime. It might an angel of the Biblical kind, or a more material angel who seems to always be smiling and helping others. Then there are angels like me. The last few weeks I’ve dedicated myself to helping things in need. Or should I… Read More »
Have You Ever Listened To The Rain? Have you ever really listened to the rain? Have you memorized the sound of it as it pours down on the streets and the roofs and the leaves and the grass? Now it is a sunny day and for all the world it looks like summer, feels like summer, smells like… Read More »
If I Could Save Time In a Bottle “If I could save time in a bottle The first thing that I’d like to do Is to save every day till eternity passes away Just to spend them with you…” (Jim Croce) The other day my youngest son sent me a picture of my granddaughter taking a hike with… Read More »
Thoughts in Contrasts Let me start off by saying I slept well last night. Actually, I slept well but not very long, which is better than sleeping long but not very well, I guess. I fell asleep before 11 – no disturbing late night phone calls. I would have shut my cell phone off, but I needed the… Read More »
Smile One day this week, while browsing a real newspaper – and I really love the smell and feel of real newspapers – I came across and article that made me think. It was about several school systems who were starting programs to put cameras on school principals so as to improve the interaction between students or parents… Read More »
The Thunderstorm Today is too hot, too humid, too strange, too oppressive. Only the tropical can savor this wet hot air and be happy. Even the children are languid. The subtle breeze that brought this summer is gone. Misty fields of spring are now overgrown with summer, its lushness of spreading crops, weeds, and strange dusty green things… Read More »