It’s been a year since I started writing this blog. I began not knowing exactly where I was headed….or how…
Perception And Truth – Not the Same Thing
“The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars and the selfish hide in high places.” Bryant H. McGill…
Being Bound By the Bills
“Seven Deadly Sins –Wealth without workPleasure without conscienceScience without humanityKnowledge without characterPolitics without principleCommerce without moralityWorship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma…
Love Month Revisited – Part 2 (Days 15-29)
Days 15-29 of my Love Month Facebook posts from 2012 (Remember it was Leap Year!) Looking over these I realize…
Love Month Revisited – Part 1 (Days 1-14)
Last year my niece Sara started the month of February off by vowing to post something she loved every day…
What’s That in the Mirror? Oh, My Own Advice Slapping Me in the Face!
Mirrors are really amazing things. They reflect our image back to us. Sometimes it is a surprise….like when you look…
With Apologies to Jo
Let me first say that I am pretty sure that my friend Jo would absolutely hate me writing a blog…
So Maybe I Don’t Have Children, But….
I happened to make a comment about parenting recently. A woman in the room looked at me and said sarcastically…
When They "Make" You Worry
I find lately that I am worrying more than usual lately. Not about myself, but about other people. It’s difficult…
A New Year of Auld Lange Syne
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,And never brought to mind?Should auld acquaintance be forgot,And auld lang syne? Chorus For auld lang…
The Longest Birthday Party
I was my normal slack self this year when sending out Christmas cards. I had the cards (actually a huge…
Stopping the People Hunters
I don’t like guns. I didn’t grow up around them, I am not comfortable with them, and in my personal…
Finding My Oasis
Life has been a bit crazy as of late. I’d even go as far as to say there has been…
Not the Ideal
“Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.” – George Carlin “The idealist withdrew himself, because he…
An Adventure in Leon
Most of my time in Mexico has been to cruise destinations like Costa Maya and Cozumel. Which I certainly enjoyed,…
Family Reunion
“Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long…
Do You Really Know?
I’ve often watched this election with the humor of watching a very strange ping pong match where I was cheering…
You’ve Got to Give A Little
My sister Deryn was telling me about a little 11-year old girl she saw on Good Morning America this morning…
More Than Mud
“I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.” “I thought I could. I thought I…
A Most Lovely Love Story
“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully…
Going At It Alone
In the world of singledom, you are often at the mercy of your friends and family. Unless you are dating…
Remembering What But Not When
“Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.” – Edmund Burke “History is an account, mostly false, of…
What I Learned In Kayaking Class
So I read the description and it was for a Beginning Kayaking class….and it specified flatwater kayaking. I thought that…
Running from Reality
“Humankind cannot bear very much reality.” T.S. Eliot ———————————————————– There are just days when I want to run away from…
One of Those Conversations
Well it started out pleasantly, then at some point it turned. I am not sure when. I didn’t see it…
Loving Through Year and Far
“Prayer is weakness leaning on omnipotence.” W. S. Bowd “Prayer does not change the purpose of God. But prayer does…
Memoirs from the Early Days at UNC
My niece Maggie is starting college at my alma mater, UNC-CH, this week. She moved into her dorm on Saturday…
When Maybe is the Wrong Answer
“Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.” Matthew 5:37…
Trumping Fear
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something is more important than fear.” Ambrose…
Living in the Land of Self Pity
Yesterday was one of those days that just wearies my soul. By the end of my work day, I just…
Behind the Charm and the Beauty
Day 31 in Proverbs Proverbs 31:8-9 “But you must defend those who are helpless and have no hope. Be fair…
In the Box, Out of the Box 