October’s Overture October’s arrival brings with it the final dagger in the heart of those long summer days. The trees, tired and tarnished, tremble with the touch of the early twilight. The leaves, once lush and lively, now languish, their verdant vibrancy waning like a soft, whispered farewell. The changing seasons’ symphony is a soothing serenade of… Read More »
I Wonder Do we ever really get things figured out? I wonder. Yesterday, on my four-mile walk, I noticed that my little town has quite a few payday loan shops, rent-to-own stores, and places where you give them the title to your car or motorcycle and they give you a cash loan. Seems odd to me that… Read More »
Try to Remember the Sound of the Rain Have you ever taken the time to listen to the rain? Have you closed your mind to everything but the sound of the rain falling from the sky on the roof, on the streets, on the trees? Right now it is a sunny day and for all the… Read More »
It’s Too Late Now They said it was suicide, but I knew it wasn’t. Lilly would have never taken her own life. She was too close to God for that. I’ll never forget the day she died. I’ll never forget the paramedics, the sirens, the ambulance and rescue squad truck descending upon her house on that late-summer… Read More »
Let’s Celebrate Melons Those of you living in big and sophisticated cities will be astonished to learn that we who live in more-or-less rural areas of America, get all worked up about summer festivals. It may seem sad to you, even pathetic, but it is true. So far, this summer, in my neck-of-the-woods, we’ve had the Cherry… Read More »
Andrew It doesn’t seem that long ago since I last passed Andrew on the hiking path. But it’s been years since we met and years since I last saw him. And I am not sure, exactly, why I’m thinking about him today. Well, I guess I do. Today would have been his 85th birthday. It still may be,… Read More »