Wet and Wonderful Wedding
posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
This past weekend Roger and I attended the wedding of my son's best friend (who was also his best man). I had my hair done the day before and as is the custom, the hairdresser and I chatted throughout the procedure. In this case, the topic was the...
Reawakening
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
It's been almost one year since I first joined eons. A lot has happened since then.
This time last year I was contemplating retirement. Now I can say the time has passed swiftly and I've managed to do most of what I had hoped in year one. My tra...
This time last year I was contemplating retirement. Now I can say the time has passed swiftly and I've managed to do most of what I had hoped in year one. My tra...
String Bean Memories
posted over 2 years ago | 2 comments
The other day I was preparing fresh green beans for our evening meal. As I stood at the sink, snapping beans and pulling non-existent strings, memories washed over me. I found myself about fifty years younger sitting on the front porch of my grand...
Weeping Wondering Wanderer
posted over 2 years ago, updated about 1 hour later | 0 comments
If you saw the movie, "The Holiday", you may remember Jude Law's character making the statement, "I'm a major weeper." Well, I'll bet I have him beat by a mile! So I wonder, what's with all the weeping?
For example, this week I was driving to mee...
For example, this week I was driving to mee...
Wonder Wanderings, Two
posted over 2 years ago | 2 comments
For the last twenty years, I have wondered about a particular coincidence. Twenty years ago, as I travelled highway 94 from West Bend, Wisconsin to Ann Arbor, Michigan to interview for a middle school principalship, I was struck by the names of th...
Wonder Wanderings
posted over 2 years ago, updated 3 minutes later | 2 comments
Wonder. A verb and a noun and with the addition of a suffix a wonderful adjective! At sixty, I realize I wonder more and the world seems more full of wonders than at any other time in my life. Is that me or a product of age? I wonder.
Seasons hav...
Seasons hav...
Passing the Baton
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
On September 11th, Mark and Lindsey’s friends and family converged on Kansas City to celebrate their marriage. Having been together for almost seven years, we’ve all been anticipating this day but what we didn’t consider was the significance of th...
A Joyous Occasion
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
Mark, my son, and Lindsey married on September 12th this year. It was the most joyous occasion I’ve experienced in my life.
Having been together for about seven years, it wasn’t a surprise when they became engaged. Having lived together for about...
Having been together for about seven years, it wasn’t a surprise when they became engaged. Having lived together for about...
Reflections Following Visiting a Friend in Prison
posted over 2 years ago, updated 1 day later | 4 comments
It’s an eight hour drive north and then northwest to reach the little town where the prison housing my friend is located. Far enough to notice changes in topography, population density, vegetation, and climate. And time enough to contemplate what ...
Visiting a Friend
posted over 2 years ago | 4 comments
It's the Saturday before I head up north to visit a former student and now, friend. This in itself is not so unusual. I count among my friends several former students. In fact, I'll be attending the 40th birthday party of one next week and I'm hav...
