TODAY’S END MARKS the close of another month in a year which seems glacial at times, but also rapid because we’re more than halfway through it.
I want to take a few minutes to say thank you to each of you who return to read this blog.
(more…)July 2020
A podcast review
I THOUGHT ABOUT a book review for today’s post, but I fell so short of my reading resolution the details of the last book I read are fuzzy.
I did binge several podcasts, and one has stayed with me so here’s a podcast review.
(more…)An adventure remembered
MY FIRST SOLO flight was an adventure, and it started before I took to the sky.
(more…)As simple as a wave
MAYBE MY MIND dreamed this up, but I think I once read a story about a time a wave might have been the difference between life and death.
(more…)Trees from my travels
]L]ADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I give you this gallery of trees from my travels.
(more…)For your beliefs
ORIGINALLY, I PLANNED to write this column about San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Sam Coonrod.
I had never heard of Coonrod until a few days ago, when he made headlines for standing while his teammates kneeled for a Black Lives Matter ceremony.
(more…)Life’s not always roses
SOME YEARS AGO, I was asked to help a kid tell his story.
I met him and his mom.
We talked for a while on a wooden bench in a breezeway by the front door of his school.
It didn’t take long for me to realize he was wise beyond his years.
Wisdom served him well, because he had to adjust to adolescence and deal with something far from most adolescent minds.
(more…)The subject of needs
I NEED SLEEP.
It’s been a long week.
I’m tired so this post might be short, or it might meander until I drift off into delirium.
I haven’t decided yet.
(more…)Important information
I’D WAITED MORE than 72 hours, and finally I couldn’t wait anymore.
I called yesterday, but voicemail answered.
It was full so I hung up and called again.
They answered and gave me the important information I’d waited for since last Sunday.
My second nasal swab test for COVID-19 was negative.
I’m 2-for-2, and I hope there are no more tests.
This post is a response to Sue’s prompt, which is, “information.”
Sounds are abundant
SOUNDS ARE ABUNDANT.
Tonight, when I went outside to cut my fingernails, they were everywhere.
The frogs made sounds.
The bugs made plenty.
The owls cranked up their calls.
Even the clippers made noise.
It was like everything had its place in the symphony of the night.
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