Early one spring morning, I gazed out my 11th floor bedroom window to see a couple already awaken from a night’s sleep on the street. They were sheltered by the overhang of the old central library’s roof, with its cement carving of the head of Socrates looking down. With shade disappearing fast, it figured to…
Mother’s Day is a special day… something to remember, All the days and all the ways… all the love, I didn’t send her. But who would know, locked within her heart? – secrets are forever. Her day’s proudly about myself… disavow me? Never! She knows I’ll come through… not another Mother’s Day regret, No matter,…
Everyone knows of “Sesame Street” – with Big Bird and the smaller Muppets – but, “Mr. Rogers’ Neighbourhood” was a children’s TV first: kids talking about their feelings and dealing with them. Not your typical “pie-in-the-face”, Bozo-the-clown-type kid’s show… Mr. Rogers respected his young viewers too much, saying, “You made it a special day for…
The last time I tried a ‘play-to-win’ contest, it was after we’d euthanized our old black Lab. At that time, as now, the message was similar: ”Please try again”… which I interpreted as meaning try again at the game of life. Despite the hurts, the loss, and disappointments, it’s still a beautiful world – although…
“When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, Give crowns and pounds and guineas, But not your heart away. Keep your fancy free… But, I was one-and-twenty, No use to talk to me.” When I Was One-and-Twenty, poem by A. E. Housman Have you ever met someone who’s commonly called a “Scrooge” –…
I don’t know how many have considered the power of one – person, place or thing – to influence, or in my case, totally salvage my life. It’s not something that you can easily point to and say, “Yes, that’s where it happened!” But, you often can remember the people involved. Looking back, I remember…
This is a story about how the west was won… and lost again. One day, we went shopping at an old building housing several antique businesses:everything from household to farm memorabilia… things that take you back in time. In my case, way back. Right in front of me was a Wild Bill Hickok replica gun…
It all began when a man from the church said their upcoming concert included a Stradivarius violin. Wow! Now that’s something that you don’t hear every day. Created and signed by Antonio Stradivari, they’re almost considered priceless. But, here’s the rub. According to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, for centuries after his death,…
When I was quite young, my grandfather gave me a small sign stating an old truism, “We are too soon old and too late smart.” Now, a grandfather myself, I’m starting to realize what that means. For instance, on the weekend, I played Monopoly (the board game where you buy and sell properties) with my…
“Another one gone.” That was the response from a fellow musician upon learning that, Vaughn, my friend and former band-mate from the ‘60s, had passed away. The ‘60s? Say what!? Musically, for those of us who were teenagers, it was the time of our lives… everything was possible! Led by the Beatles’ music, the British…
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