“Growing” Old The other day, I decided to move the logs I had toted from Heaven knows where to the garden that I painstakingly laid out decades ago. The logs were heavy. They were much heavier taking them out than they were putting them in. I’d like to say they were water-logged and really heavier, but the fact… Read More »
Circles A circle has no beginning and no end. Our world, our solar system, our universe, even life itself, are all about circles. The moon circles the earth, the earth circles the sun, the sun circles the center of the Milky Way and the Milky Way circles the center of the universe. Everything in circles. It’s late spring,… Read More »
Popcan George I never knew his name until I read his obituary. You will think I’m shallow when you read this. You are probably right. The man has been a joke of sorts in our town since I can remember. I used to see Pop-can George riding his bike around town. He’d always have three or four plastic… Read More »
Some Food for Thought Yesterday I took a walk. My friend David walked around his domicile in Georgia and I through the Ohio countryside. Although we’re old, we are technologically hip. We talked on our cell phones for a little while as we walked. I walked a couple of miles, David walked five. Or so he says. If… Read More »
Dying in the Rain It’s a beautiful and warm spring day, although by the calendar, it is still winter. The trees remain devoid of leaves,and most of the spring flowers are but nascent green shoots. The calendar tells me it’s still winter, but my heart and my spirit tell me it’s spring and so does the sunshine that… Read More »
The Stroller Today was one of the first really nice days of spring. It was the kind of spring day I think about when the wicked winds of winters rattle the windows and pound on my spirit. The sky was cerulean blue served up with a generous serving of fluffy white clouds. I had just finished mowing the law and… Read More »