Impromptu
all it took was an impromptu lunch love and a short nap to remind us once again that ours is a love for always not simply an impromptu love subject to a change in the weather or the news of an earthquake here or there or anywhere
Far Away
a prolonged respite from cutting the lawn in a Louisiana summer is at best a tale told at night on a planet far far away
Every Song of My Heart
Over three weeks ago when the house was quiet it seemed like the earth stood still, my pens and my keyboard were silenced by a deep conviction to wait; so all of my writing was on hold. Worse, my life was hold as well since she had to be away for two […]
And Time
in between storms the trees bend and sway the howl of the wind is more than that it is like the rush of a subway express train passing through a station in a moment stirring the air and shaking my diaphragm shattering my thoughts I walked back up the gravel and […]
Odds and Ends No. 74
When my readers break, wear out, or fall apart, I order a box of three pairs for me and a box for her. I need them to shave and see the computer screen; she needs them for reading. My remaining old pair of glasses is in the loft bath- room. I […]
Strangely Silent
The sound of the rain on the metal roof became musical to me as thunder and lightning was accompanied by a dull darkness that sopped up all the air, all the light and space until a little before sunset. It must have been the smell of the end cut pork chops browning […]
Because We Are Living It
I’m less than halfway through “Bonhoeffer” by Eric Metaxas. I may have started reading this book a year ago or so! I don’t get to read at lunch as much as I used to when I lived in Arizona. These days, when I read this book I must confess and […]
On Healing and the Church 2.19
I haven’t stopped thinking about the topic of healing since my earlier post. My mind has been racing about this all morning. So much so that I had to start typing before making coffee. Oops. She fell back asleep after I told her I’d awaken her after I make coffee. […]
On Healing and the Church 1.19
A few years ago when life events crushed me inside and out, I felt that the Lord was moving me in a new direction. It was during that troubled time when my world came crashing down that the Lord placed it on my heart to go to a Catholic church. […]
Haiku 15.19
a hot cup of tea sweet and light made the day pass by without a cloud
