Category: Random
Birthday Girl
The Message
“I never cut class,” she told the girls, who were moved to tears. “I loved getting A’s. I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I liked getting my work done. I thought being smart was cooler than anything in the world.” This quote is from a woman whose father was a Chicago water …
Wheels on the Bus
These times are teaching all of us…. Again. College students are home and unable to find work. Grown men and women are applying for work that was traditionally for teen-agers. Nothing like having to use grammatically correct verb-age to order your burger from your child’s English teacher or having the water park life guards try …
Man Is That He Might Have…
Continuing On
“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.” This month I made a choice. I had the opportunity to go do research back east for three writing projects. I chose not to go. And even though I feel it was the right choice for me, I feel sad. “Success is not final, failure is not …
Alma Mater
There have been hundreds of people, some I know, most I don’t that have purchased the documentary, “The Land of Refuge.” Yesterday, I opened up a letter from my college. They were buying two of my movies. For some reason this made me cry. I am such a SAP!
Foreign Concepts
This is a dishwasher. More specifically, this is our dishwasher. Notice how there is room in the dishwasher. I make sure it is empty every night. That is to make it convenient for those living in my house to put their dishes into it during the morning rush hour. This is my sink. This is …
Empty Canvas
This is our backyard. We moved here 9 years ago. We did have grass and a couple of trees, but for 8 months we have had…. dirt. I like to look at it as a clean slate, an empty canvas, of endless possibilities, and opportunities. However you look at it doesn’t really matter. It is …
Migraine Message
Pain (any pain — emotional, physical, mental) has a message. The information it has about our life can be remarkably specific, but it usually falls into one of two categories: “We would be more alive if we did more of this,” and, “Life would be more lovely if we did less of that.” Once we …