Monthly Archives: February 2012
Hide and Seek with overly dramatic fowl
“Collecting eggs.” This was the answer our seven-year-old gave her grandfather after he leaned over the breakfast table and asked “Colvin? What is your very favorite thing to do?” Armed with a flashlight, rain-boots and a wooden bowl, Colvin and … Continue reading
Alone, or just lonely today….?
I am alone again, and realizing that I don’t do alone very well. I am struggling to pray or write, to find the good. My mind is foggy for all the silence that stretches out before me this week. Any … Continue reading
Junk in the trunk?
This is what greets me in the locker room this morning at the gym. REALLY??? On good days I can laugh at the silliness of all these periodicals. Who could ever take it seriously, right? It’s outrageous what they think … Continue reading
People Beets
I have an affinity for beets. Humble on the outside, they are an epicurean beauty queen once you get to second base. When you take the time to scrub away the grit and remove the old-man strands of hair (that … Continue reading
That kind of woman (Valentine’s Week)
“The best way to run faster… is to run faster.” I’m sure I said this at some point every speed workout during the last decade. How annoying if you happened to be present at every one. I’m really sorry ’bout … Continue reading
What would you count as a loss?
A year from now, after all you are certain to face, what would you count as a win? More importantly, after all the energies you are bound to expend in the upcoming year, what would you consider a loss? I posed … Continue reading
“Generally Not Deplorable”
“Her vitality, if you could have harnessed it, would have supplied a whole town with electric light.” I love this line from Young Archidemes, a short story by Great Britain writer Aldous Huxley. His description reminds me of so many of … Continue reading
