Recommendation: John Cheever
Just wandering through the library, I decided to grab a new and different book. “Here’s John Cheever. I’ve heard of him. Says here this book won the Pulitzer.” So, I… Read more »
Christmas Every Day
This morning, I was reading the second chapter of the Gospel as told by Luke, and of course my mind drifted off to Linus. But it went to something else… Read more »
Recommendation: Rick Beato
I don’t remember how I got turned on to Rick Beato’s YouTube channel, but I love it. Rick is an incredibly talented producer and musician, and I put those in… Read more »
Old all Over
There’s a joke best told in Chinese about a young man who sees a woman and complements her on her beauty. The woman’s response is “Where? Where?” (哪里, 哪里), which… Read more »
Recommendation…to avoid
Maybe it’s because I’m a bit ticked off that I feel like I have to write this. Well yes, actually, it is because I’m a bit ticked off. I can’t… Read more »
Every so often…
Every so often I get one of those perfect rides. The energy’s right, the aches and pains are held at bay, no real struggles. Today was that kind of day…. Read more »
An obscure music break…
It’s been a rough few weeks. I got word that one of my high school classmates died. Then my bird. Then I found out a good friend had dementia. Then… Read more »
Jane
About to get pretty personal here. It’s a hard thing to write about, losing a friend. But it seems even harder when the friend isn’t really gone. Jane White is… Read more »
The Paradox of Choice
When you had few choices and things went bad, you could blame the world. When you have too many choices and things go bad, you blame yourself. Could the collateral… Read more »
Lou
Louis was a handy man, with long, dark, flowing hair; And everything he touched, it seemed, was easy to repair. A boat, a car, a motorbike, were all the same… Read more »