MY FAVORITE QUOTES
My Current WoW
Kindness and Determination
As the years accumulate, so do the values that steer a life…
Three Missing Teeth
The old man stared at the tools hanging on the rough-planked wall…
Popeye Is Dying
All four of my grandparents wrapped me in love as I grew into a young man…
Last Breath
In 2014, my wife and I boarded a plane and flew to London, England…
My Favorite Word
Did you know the average English-speaking adult wields a vocabulary of…
Loss and Consequences
Throughout our lives, each of us encounters loss…
Talent Show
The Chesapeake’s Got Talent:
Finding the Spark That Never Fades
Trippin’ With a Friend
Recently, my wife and I needed to make a trip to small town…
My Favorite Photograph
There is a photograph I hold almost like a charm…
Work or Play? Reflections on a Life Well Spent
Mark Twain once mused that he “never did a day’s work in all [his] life.”
Guest Missives
My Close Call… by Jane Strebel
Snake in the Grass… by Jane Strebel
Guilty as Charged… by Jane Strebel
Sick Duck… by JoAnn
Setting The Alarm… by JoAnn
Something Odd… by JoAnn
Car Shopping… by JoAnn
The Bike… by JoAnn
Mama Boo… by Jane Strebel
High-Times on the 4th Floor… by Larry Fields
AS MY WORLD TURNS
At the Acme
I picked up a grocery list someone left in their cart. The last item was, "Don't forget the love", next to a drawn heart. ❤️
Reading that line, a feeling unfolded in me that love's red threat runs through all things.
So, I watched to see it in action, and there it was, a father, arms heavy with groceries, stopping to make funny faces to soothe his crying child.
A man, hands shaking with age being helped by a young woman to bag his peaches. And, a voice in my head said
that love was a doing a moment shared, not based on schemes or profit or discourse. Love has its own discourse in the heart.
Oh, I know the risks, how love can explode in our face like gunpowder. How its quixotic riptides push us to make hurried declarations.
Or like a crowbar, it can pry our heart open against our will. But now, here at the checkout line, I want to add it as a major food group -
tuck it in my bag along with the paper towels, carrots, and peas.
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