On Spring and Dandelions Spring comes early this year. It will arrive late in the day on March 19th. I can’t remember it ever coming that early, but at my age, I don’t remember much… I don’t remember what happened the last time spring came in a leap year. It might have been early that year too.… Read More »
This Could Be the Last Time “Well this could be the last time This could be the last time Maybe the last time I don’t know…” (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards “The Last Time”) It was the 49th anniversary of my grandfather’s death yesterday. It hardly seems that long – there’s rarely a day that passes when I… Read More »
In 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… Read More »
I’m Superficially Substantial There are times in your life when you have to step back and look at things in a reflective yet critical way. When you look at where you’ve been, where you are and where you are going, you might see things you don’t want to see. I’m pretty sure we all see life that… Read More »
Old Enough Recently – and I love that word because of its vaguery – I mustered up enough bravado to dig deep into the often frightful and always convoluted depths of my mind. While I was peeling back the layers of that gray onion – fifty shades of gray by now, I’m sure – I had… Read More »
Friendship At first, I pretended. I tricked myself into thinking it didn’t matter much that you were no longer my friend. We were good friends and then we weren’t – it’s as simple as that. It’s kind of like being told you have a terminal illness – at first, you deny it, then someday you realize,… Read More »