The Bigger My World Gets 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 behind me and I’ll have… Read More »
Through the Eyes of a Child One of the most endearing aspects of children is their dependency on their parents and adults. They actually – unlike older kids and adults – love to be told what to do, where to go, when to get up, what to wear, etc. Everything is new to them – the world is… Read More »
Have Fun Getting Old For years and years I fought the fact I was getting old. I’d protest loudly is someone even hinted that I was getting to be an old coot. I’d skip down the street, jump up in the air like the guy from the Teeter-Hang Ups commercial who is 74 and jumps around like he’s… Read More »
Sandusky A few weeks ago I was feeling nostalgic. My thoughts often turn nostalgic when I’m feeling down: I become pensive and sometimes restless. When things aren’t going well, my thoughts turn inward; I become reclusive and I often find myself lost in a maze of thoughts and memories – all weaved into a patchwork quilt of introspection.… Read More »
Where Do Clouds Go? Where do clouds go when they sail across the sky like cotton-candy castles underneath the deep blue canopy of the endless summer sky? I see them floating northward – un-piloted airships drifting softly, traveling the eddies and currents in the ocean translucent that is the sky. I don’t know where they came from or… Read More »
In the Quiet Hours Have you ever listened to the sound of quiet? The Quiet that never quite lives up to its name, because there are always the vague hummings and tickings that are almost not there. If you listen to the quiet it will tell you a story, but it might not be a story you’ll want… Read More »