Category Archives: Essays

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving When I think of Thanksgiving, I think of myself as a young boy, watching the Thanksgiving parade on television; mom busy in the kitchen preparing our Thanksgiving dinner and the feeling of love all around. I remember a gray, cold and cloudy day; the steamy windows that cooking made and snowflakes in the air. This was my… Read More »

Caring For a Dead Turkey

Caring For A Dead Turkey This may come as a surprise to all you pet lovers but dead turkeys do not make good pets. Did you know that a dead turkey requires more care than a living cat and almost as much care as a living dog? Cats are pretty good at almost any temperature that people are… Read More »

Killing Christmas

Killing Christmas On the second day of November I walked into a local store and noticed the Halloween aisle was now the Christmas aisle. All the lights and baubles of Christmas – all lit up and sparkly – as if Christmas were only a few days away. I said to myself – It seems Christmas starts earlier and… Read More »

Whispers of Winter

And though today I walk away from things familiar too, I’ll make new footprints in the snow, where once the flowers grew. Guided by a dream unseen; a dream that will not die, My footprints winding through the snow; beneath a twilight sky. Each day I set aside an hour of my day to take a walk. This… Read More »

Nothing to Hide

Nothing to Hide “Everybody’s got something to hide except me and my monkey” (John Lennon) We live in an age where just about everything we do, say, write, read, buy or sell is subject to various invasions of your right to privacy. There are those who continually say, “I have nothing to hide. Only those who have something… Read More »