11 July
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In the human existence there are the inevitable encounters with pain. Physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. To greater and lesser degrees we all will experience each of these types of pain. Some comes to us because of choices we make, other from the choices others make. Some comes from being trapped in human bodies, others from living in a fallen world. All real. All potentially devastating. The well of compassion and love, in my heart, is only as deep as twin tools of suffering and sorrow can dig it. The gaping hole they leave behind can, if I choose, be filled with the water ofRead More →

06 July
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The two S words that bring a wince to the faces of Honey Pie and I are sports and shopping. One mans pleasure is another mans pain. As much as two people love each other there are just some things the man will always be wrong about. Like sports and shopping. The mind numbing agony I would endure sitting through one of his ball games would be akin to the torture he would undergo accompanying me to the fairgrounds to explore 500 vendors with treasures from around the globe. We’d both rather eat glass milkshakes while having our toenails pulled out with pliers. Rather thanRead More →

29 June
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On Tuesday last I was enjoying a time of respite. The children were splashing in water while I happily indulged my passion for photographing them. When I began to disassemble the camera components I ran into a snag. The hood would not unscrew. Strange, since I had not put it on tightly. I tried harder. No. I tried harder still. No. So in frustration and anger, I forced it. And broke it. Not the $25 hood, no indeed, but the much more expensive lens.  AHHHHHHHHHH. I sat there in utter confusion. How could this be? I knew that I had not screwed it on thatRead More →

20 June
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I do so admire graceful people. Those who seem to float and glide through their everyday lives with nimble agility. I have been a lifelong clutz. Bumbling and stumbling my way through, catching my toe on every minute crack and crevice. I have in my meager 39 years managed to fall out of trees, off fences, into holes and onto the pavement more times than I can count. I have skied into a tree, got caught in a drainage canal 7 ft below the surface (in a hurricane no less), caught the curtains on fire (romantic candles too near the wall), caught an oven onRead More →