From a Distance We can’t measure anyone… or anything at all Long ago, when I was a musician, I used to have an affinity for folk-rock. Although The Beatles were my favorite band, I really like The Eagles, Bob Dylan, The Byrds, and other folk-rock songwriters and composers who have slipped the surly bonds of my… Read More »
Avoiding the D Word The other day I was talking to one of my sons and I said something like “If something happens to me”. I told him something I wanted him to do in the event of my demise. The older I get the more references I make to my eventual demise. I really don’t know… Read More »
Thoughts On a Beautiful Spring Day I was walking the other day on the wooden boardwalk that winds through the woods near my home. It was a lovely – almost perfect – spring day. It was the kind of day you pay no attention to because it’s so perfect. It’s not too cold, it’s not too warm,… Read More »
Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain Hey! It’s me, TC. I’m here running the show and I feel like the Wizard of Oz these days. You see, Darcy is off on the vacation of a lifetime and I’m here pushing the buttons and pulling the levers trying to keep everything running before Darcy… Read More »
Keep the Candle Burning… Don’t Let the Fire Die He left the candle burning, just as she had asked him to do. Though it had been seven years since she went away, he would light a candle every evening at nightfall. Every night while he tried to sleep through his pain and his loneliness, the candle… Read More »
Innocence and the Twilight Time Some nights I have trouble drifting off to sleep. I have so much on my mind: The events of the day, swirling; troubles bubbling up, worries weighing heavily, all stirred together into a dark disturbing dissonance. Most nights, however, when the convergence of daily troubles and worries from days and weeks and months… Read More »