It’s raining words
Winter crept in this year, silent and dry. Sitting at the keyboard, one might dispute the observation. As I write, raindrops are playing catch-up with the deficit. The temperature is 52 and rising. The National Weather Service speaks of drought as departure. Depending on the micro-climate, we’ve departed seven inches from the norm over the […]
I intend to be on time
On the southern side of Manchester Road, along a brief sliver of Route 66, in the St. Louis bedroom community of Maplewood, Missouri, a retail stroll from door front to door front delights one’s present hunger pang. There, a Southerner can forget good fried chicken after savoring a perfectly oozing grilled cheese, chocolate to make […]
Thank you, Jack
Wading through some grief over the loss of someone who anchored me at times, sensing the strangeness one feels when sudden loss is fresh and still surreal and suspends you from time, I heard a song titled “Swimming to the Other Side.” With a sense of my friend’s presence along with God’s, the lyrics washed […]