Here’s to the song writers, the lyricists, the word-smiths of rhythm, rhyme and harmony! If it were not so early in the day I’d raise a glass of sweet red wine to toast all that I have been given by their songs. (Out of an abundance of caution, it is best to stay away…
Sunday morning. Arrived at a local coffee shop, along with a few early-bird bike riders. The coffee, excellent, and what better venue with a hum of voices in the background for wrestling with words to express inchoate thoughts. The mind is like that: associations rapidly intersecting in unpredictable fashion. You search for words to…
Yesterday afternoon was spent at the Don Early Park in West Chicago. The park is tucked in beside and behind the cemetery right on East Washington Street. The feature of the park is a small pond. I would estimate the pond is about 50 yards or so in diameter. The pond is home to…
I was once a kid. I remember feeling trepidation the day report cards were issued. A report card is an evaluation, derived from the aggregation of grades of your progress in the subjects which you have attempted to learn. Kids do not volunteer for the role of student, as learning is difficult work. They’d…
There are many versions of hell. I awakened this morning from a dream/nightmare. Waking was a release from the images rising up from my subconscious. I dreamed of reestablishing my company. I was accompanied by two old friends. My associates knew the business, were trusted, competent. The direction of the dreamed images abruptly changed…
Another Mother’s Day recedes in the rear view mirror. I appreciate this day of remembrance more with each year that passes. It is almost 11PM. Before turning in for the evening I felt the need to state that my life is enriched each time that I have opportunity to honor the females in my…
It is raining outside. Rain is a long awaited gift. My mother would have rejoiced at a gentle rain falling to a dry ground. Springtime is a rainy season in normal times. These are not normal times. Global warming is another way of saying that weather patterns are disrupted, intensified, too much rain, wind,…
May 1st yesterday was the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Our daughter and her partner lived in Louisville for many years. The celebration of Derby week is part of their heritage as former residents of Louisville. Therefore our household gathered in the living room to enjoy the…
Jesus is not coming back! Is that statement ironic, troubling, laugh-out-loud funny, or simply nonsensical? It depends entirely upon the reader. What do you bring to those words arranged in syntax? What mental image forms, involuntarily? Do you experience a strong emotional response: relief, dread… The meaning is involuntary after all, the effect of…
Getting started is the crux of the matter. The ending depends upon the beginning, or as T. S. Eliot wrote in Burnt Norton: Time present and time pastAre both perhaps present in time future,And time future contained in time past. What immediately follows, the very next line dumbfounds me.. If all time is eternally…
