Last night we picked up the guest speaker for our banquet with a group of special friends and went to a restaurant near the hotel. We celebrated my birthday a day late. Wayne read that Coal Vine’s had received great reviews, so we tried it. I really liked the place. It is an upscale, yet…
I Like Know This is Like Really Shallow, but…
“Dwight Schrute” Like, no more “The Office” due to the like writers’ strike in Hollywood? What? I like know this is like really shallow, but how can I like survive without “The Office?” Well, I am so glad that my friend, Kristin’s, brother has been like practicing the role of Dwight Schrute already, during Halloween…
haiku: one birthday two souls
My dad and I share the same birthday, which is November 6th. Quite a milestone, my dad turns 80 today. Thanks, Dad, for holding my hand through the journey. Here are a few haiku in honor of you. ************************ One birthday two souls twenty-four years between us daddy and daughter. ************************
haiku: texas autumn
red oak in my yard you are not the least bit red this November day.
Random
Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” It’s night. I have had a long and busy week. A fulfilling week. I’m climbing the stairs now to bed and anticipating falling into the luxury of inviting, soft sheets. Mostly, I am thinking about a long and deep sleep–with no rush to arise early and nothing to do tomorrow. Nothing. This is random….
The Faces of Fear
It is silly now but as a child, fear gripped my heart at night. In those few moments after my parents switched off the light and before falling asleep, the shadows of the room leaped into monsters. I laid in bed frozen with fear as the form of a dinosaur appeared next to the bed. Then I…
More on Death of Ceremony
Yesterday I wrote about the death of ceremony in American culture in my post titled, Narcissism. I ran across this article shortly afterward which is a small example of the death of ceremony in our culture. Take a look.
Narcissism
Every American should read Bill Bennett’s book, “The Death of Outrage.” Bennett, an American hero in my eyes, wrote some years ago with clarity and conviction about the lack of public outrage surrounding Bill Clinton’s sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky. In case you haven’t read the book, let me assure you, it is not outdated. Bennett…
Passion
In Ethiopia with Two Ethiopian Jewesses My sister inadvertently paid me a kind compliment the other day. In an email, she was discussing the challenges of parenting. She wrote that it suddenly dawned on her that her young son is much like me: very passionate about life. That her son’s zest for living is offering she and her husband plenty of opportunities to…
Cracks
Cracks On my back in an old hotel in Italy, I would discover plenty of interesting cracks to follow like rivers around the room. But now there is only one long crack in my bedroom at home.
Bonnie Saul Wilks 