I am living on borrowed time. It’s a truth I don’t often think about, and which hit me as I fought my way home from an unexpectedly long shift in…
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Category: Musings
“But it’s so hard, you knowTo believe on your ownThat you’ll be okayWhen sorrow keeps chasing me down” There is a good thing about being an “artistic soul” who feels…
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If I could have one superpower, I might make it the power of Externavision™ (not really trademarked, just in case you were wondering). I refer to the power to see…
2 Comments“Quae tribuit deus, ante oculos non semper habemus.” “We do not always have before our eyes the things God has bestowed.”[1] his proverb was recorded from a common folk of…
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This morning I asked my 6-year-old daughter Geneva what animal I should blog about. She said “spiders!” and “coconuts!” Hm…. It sounds like I may need to talk to her…
Leave a CommentWell, today is a day of not working. I don’t just mean that I have the day off, which is fantastic, but the TV isn’t working right, the car isn’t…
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What is the secret to effective chivalry? One can read about the ideals and commandments of chivalry all day (thanks in large part to a chap named Leon Gautier). But…
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“She gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging available for…
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I asked my 4-year-old daughter which animal I should blog about today and she yelled “unicorn!!!!!!!!!!!!!” I suppose I didn’t specify “real animals” so let’s see what we can learn…
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I feel my heart swell as I listen to the masterful song “From Now On” on the soundtrack to Greatest Showman, and my brain wonders why. Here it is… The…
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