For some reason I am thinking of Christmas this morning. I think it is a child thing. I don’t think there is anything wrong with my doing so, it is just odd. Holley’s birthday is November 30th and throughout the years we never allowed the Christmas season to overlap into Thanksgiving or her birthday. Basically, … Continue reading Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

  When spring is in the air, Copeland’s “Appalachian Spring” is summoned from within. I am not certain from where it comes. At sixty-one, it now seems to have become instinctual, a mating call of sorts; an invitation to journey with oneself to a place and time of a choosing. It is rare that it … Continue reading Autumn, December and Charlie Brown

We are one step closer to having the Russell May prints completed for a permanent exhibit at Jenny Wiley State Park (Thank You Gina Rose and The Kent Rose Foundation). When the Department of Parks provided us exacting specifications on the mats, the frames, etc., I turned to those who I knew I could count … Continue reading It Was Just a Silly Game of Rook

This has been a weird week. I was called out for showing a silly gesture of appreciation, called out for being defensive because I offered a position counter,  taken for a trip around the moon in a biplane of general Shelly’s making,  accompanied only by thoughts of joy I saw in others and cursed into … Continue reading Nothing But Ramblings Because I Know It Will Be Another Long Night

Most times it isn’t like this. Early on maybe, but certainly not for many years. A phase maybe? Or more likely the “me and I am becoming”. Either way, as an engineer, the presentation of a matter of physics, on a subject that is so deeply and directly personal, has preoccupied my entire thought process … Continue reading June 23rd – 1984-20?

I have most likely written similar as to that I write here now. It ain’t like it is a secret or something that I shy from espousing at every opportunity. It is but a simple truth that I preach often and think about even more: Grandmothers are the greatest things ever created. Of course, this … Continue reading Grannys, Nannys, Nanas, Mamies and All Things Such

Love in Hebrew is Ahava. I know absolutely nothing about Hebrew. I do know this word though. It was introduced to me a year or so ago. From what I have been able to learn, Ahava is made up of three basic Hebrew letters. I do not fully understand how it works but I do … Continue reading A Hope? A Voice Alone? (AHAVA)

"Every jackass thinks he knows what war is. Especially those who’ve never been in one. We like things nice and simple, good and evil, heroes and villains. There’s plenty of both. Most of the time. They are not who we think they are”. This is one of the opening lines from “Flags of Our Fathers”, … Continue reading Don’t Give Up the Ship

Sitting here this morning chasing music, I am contemplating whether to finish mowing the grass. I think I should, and soon. Most likely I will do so. It is Sunday and as has become my habit, thoughts of a more spiritual celebration of the day occupy my mind this morning. At this moment it is … Continue reading Remembering the Sabbath