When I was a young boy, all those centuries ago, the end of summer was very bittersweet to me. Bitter because it meant my brother and I said goodbye to my mom and left Kansas for the next nine months. Because we rode the train back to my dad’s home in Texas for the next school year. And it was a sweet time, too. … Read the rest…
Category Archives: poets and poetry
I’ve seen way more than my fair share of old homesteads all across America. And there have been many times when I performed an old house restoration in my mind as I looked at abandoned structures. That probably comes from my days as a carpenter and handyman. But these days the only old house restoration I do is in my mind. One reason is … Read the rest…
Elgielene and I just got back from running errands. And I gotta tell you, the August heat, here along the Emerald Coast, is a lot more intense than all the Augusts I spent in Colorado. In fact, it made me think of how I described it way back in 2013. This is what I said about the August heat there… The August sky was … Read the rest…
I know I’m probably always just one word away from offending somebody with all my Bible thumping. By the way, I carry my Bible around in a Logos app. So, thumping it would look kinda crazy. Anyway… I might also be one word away from encouraging a really great day. I believe God wants me to try. And I also say that because here … Read the rest…
I’ll bet you didn’t know about a famous magazine called the Saturday Evening Post. Or if you did, I’ll bet you didn’t know it’s been around for about 300 years. Yikes…that’s even farther back than I can remember. For some reason this evening (probably because it’s Saturday) I put on my writing for kids thinking cap to come up with a quick rhyming blog … Read the rest…
You’re a beautifully designed creature with very special gifts. So, go ahead and smile. Yeah, you can taste and smell and hear and see and feel things. And you have about one hundred billion brain cells where you can store all those flavors and scents and sounds and sights and feelings. Then your brain can take what it remembers and make pictures in your … Read the rest…
Hey, why don’t you mind your own business? And for that matter, why don’t I mind mine? I think you and I both know the answer. Right? How can you mind your own business in this age of the internet? Yeah, if you’re gonna be “sociable,” don’t be surprised if you find yourself sort of minding somebody else’s business. Especially since they’ve got it … Read the rest…