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Crisis Averted
Got on the scales this morning and happily saw I’m dropping to the next decade by weekend’s end. Spent all morning craving a Sonic burrito, the one with jalapenos. It was right around the corner ...
There's within my heart a melody.
God is good. I am going through what is arguably the worst event of my life. I have no idea how this ends and it may not end up the way I want it to end. I am helpless to control it other than t...
Good Question
The sun pushes in with its brilliant, sweet, yellow smile. It beckons and points outside where the wind waits to play and tease. Childhood friends stopping in for a visit. Wondering why I am stil...
Crossroads
I am at the point of decision, paused, pensive, hesitant A crossroads. So many crossroads. More aptly described as a nexus. Which direction? What considerations? What might lie ahead? It occurs ...
Give a Penny, Take a Penny
The downside to an isolated, defensive, introverted position is that you lose out on what others have to offer. Sure you might shut out the negative or the contrary or the uncomfortable, but what...
The Long Way Around
I have never been the charismatic, charming guy. In my younger days, when I tried to be that guy, I would fail and people would avoid me. I learned to keep my head down and build relationships on...
Questions
In the inimitable, whimsical words of Shel Silverstein: What to do? What to do? This book is forty years overdue. I admit that it’s mine, but I can’t pay the fine. Should I turn it in or hide it...
More Elbow Grease
I never had patience for priming the pump when I was a child. Spoiled with modern technology, I didn’t understand why the pump didn’t work when I wanted it to do so. There’s a bucket there? That’...
Mucked Up
I hesitate. I tremble. I step forward with uncharacteristic uncertainty. Back and forth I pace, wanting, waiting, stopping, continuing. Anger bubbles up at the question of my undefined idiom. Los...
