Trapped by our very own words. How do we escape? * * * It can happen anywhere, anytime, all you have to do is just show up. It’s the experience of life. You try to be nice, cordial, friendly. Yet, even with caution your words can sometimes entrap you into a dilemma of our own …
Year: 2023
If some part of the hog is not in your refrigerator or vocabulary, your lineage is questionable. * * * The hog lies there in its watery wallow, muddy from snout to tail, happy as a ‘pig in stink’ to use the vernacular. How would language express the inexpressible without the aid of this animal? …
Ruminations on the subject of routines. Love it or loathe it. * * * It’s another day. We all have them. Beginning again. We show up. Some days begin autonomously, on cruise control, no adjustments necessary. No deep cognitive thought, just rote responses, picking up where we left off yesterday. Others can begin chaotic, out …
Joints: Places where things or people get together. * * * It’s July. It’s hot. I’m sitting on the porch under the ceiling fan, thinking. Thinking is a euphemism for hard labor. Today I’m thinking about joints and drawing comparisons between arthritis and the wisteria vine creeping up the wall. Age is expert at thinking. …
“And it shall come to pass afterward, I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions…” Joel 2:2 * * * What we have here is a minor 9th Century BC prophet projecting his prognostication …
Chance has a way of untangling things that wisdom leaves dangling. * * * We read a lot about Russia these days. Churchill took his best shot at defining it: “It’s a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” Insightful, but leaves us hanging. Al Franken, a comedian and former U.S. Senator, (is there …
“I couldn’t wait for success, so I went ahead without it.” Jonathan Winters *** It’s May, graduation time, when our educational systems turn out their inmates to the general public. Beware –everything is in danger of change. Everywhere they stand, waiting for the final exhortation of great wisdom from the commencement speaker. Then, in collective …
Fly in the ointment, worm in the apple? Both, a distraction. *** It’s one of those weather-perfect early May mornings. Low humidity, nice breeze, quiet. So far, anyway. Perfection is a relative term. Disruption is waiting. I sit on the porch with the dog, the Bible and coffee, a perfect trifecta to aid in squeezing …
Life on the edge…more than just loose change. *** Are you wondering about this photo? No magic, no trickery, just a delicate balance. Now read on. One thing’s for sure about life…you don’t need to look for it, it’ll find you wherever you are. Simply show up. And last Tuesday life finds me in the …
Looking through a keyhole is a myopic approach to seeing life. *** There’s something about a locked door with keyhole. The eye is mysteriously drawn to it, wondering what secrets might lie beyond. Who has not pressed an eyeball to a keyhole to see what’s on the other side? Ah, yes, the other side. That’s …