Love Is…

A cute, bouncy song was popular a few years ago, “Happiness is…” The song went on to say that happiness is different things to different people; that’s what happiness is. The same could be said of love. However, the 13th chapter of I Corinthians says it best. Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, a day set aside […]

It Was a Wet November Morning

It Was a Wet November Morning

The sun still hasn’t managed to tip the treetops. Somewhere in the east, it is slowly making its way to the horizon but it isn’t there yet. And, although the weatherman says rain won’t move in ’til tonight, something wet is falling from the sky. It isn’t snow, sleet, hail, or oobleck.  By the way, […]

Changes

There’s an old Sophie Tucker song, called, “There’ll Be Some Changes Made.” As I look out of my window on the world, I see a lot of the changes occurring this morning because the wind is blowing hard. Leaves are deserting the trees and flying through the air. They lie on the ground, a little […]

Rain at Night

Rain at Night

A soft rumble woke me some time during the night. No, it wasn’t the roar of tens of thousands of motorcycles in Fayetteville’s Bikes, Blues, and BBQ shindig although I went to sleep with that sound in my ears. Neither was it the soft snore of a sleeping giant somewhere overhead. It was thunder! And this morning, […]

The Sinister, Swarming Pest

Mosquitoes I wonder how they got on board, This swarming, biting, pesky hoarde? Didn’t Noah see them coming Or hear their loud, annoying humming? They survived a world that flooded To torment all who are warm-blooded. –Blanche I don’t think I’ve ever seen mosquitoes as bad as they are this summer. The city sprays but […]

The World Is Mine

The World Is Mine

Do you ever have days when the blues sit on your shoulder and plague every step, days when you think, “Poor me” or “If only”?  I suppose those gray days come to all of us. Like a swarm of vicious mosquitoes, when one negative thought attacks, they all come calling . Do you know what I […]