Where seeds of thought have room to grow
Category: Just thinking…
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I totally apologize for my last post. Sometimes I drive myself crazy! The truth is, I talked to Tommy on the phone about his new job for almost an hour two nights ago. I've talked to my mom at least twice this week, my sister a couple of times, and three or four friends. …I'm working…
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"If I could save time in a bottle…" I've always loved this song by Jim Croce – beautiful, simple lyrics – such a vivid image of holding on to time. There have been many times in my life when I've wanted to grab hold of whatever moment I was in, or a certain point in…
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I heard it loud and clear…"DEER PARK, TEXAS." It was a story about schools, and it was one of three cities mentioned. High honors! Not really – unfortunately, the story was about high levels of toxic chemicals being recorded near schools. USA Today has compiled a special report called "The Smokestack Effect – Toxic Air…
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A thick gray blanket of clouds covered the sky this morning – everything was drab and dull on my walk. Frankie stayed home and the dogs disappeared so I was alone. Soon, I realized my thoughts matched the gray sky - Wayne's funeral is today and a friend is having surgery and then I started thinking about…
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Every morning when I sit down with my coffee and Pepperidge Farm Cinnamon Swirl toast, I'm transported back to the front porch of this quaint Victorian house in Weston, Missouri… Suddenly, it's not 5 am in my quiet, chilly kitchen, but midmorning on a sunshine-filled day in spring – still a little chilly, though, because it's Missouri, and…
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There is no doubt in my mind that, given the right circumstances, my mother could have been anything she wanted to be – teacher, doctor, lawyer, CEO, President of the United States – and she would have been the best. Instead, she chose to be my mom. For that I am eternally grateful. And of course, she…
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. (Martin Luther King Jr., letter from Birmingham Jail 1963) When Daniel was a high school senior, he applied to five or six colleges, public and private. He had worked hard and was accepted into all of them. He received large academic scholarship offers from each of the private schools…except for one.…
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My habit these last few cool, clear nights while feeding the dogs has been to stand at the railing and gaze at the night sky. Tonight I was blessed with a shooting star. All those long nights working at the chemical plant and I NEVER saw a shooting star. My first was in Colorado about twelve…
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They started as unimpressive green-brown clumps plopped along the side of the road and mixed in with the taller prairie grasses spreading into the trees. The tips turned yellow, but I still thought of them as some kind of weed. Then one morning, I paid closer attention…lo and behold, the yellow tips were…
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Don't my drums look lonely sitting there in the corner, all alone? (And please don't even mention the dust on the floor or the unfinished closet and baseboards…) Someday….someday…there will be time… I think I was wise to extend my deadline for being a real drummer to my fifty-fifth birthday, instead of my fiftieth…
Long Hollow 