The second law of thermodynamics Ordinarily, when I hear the word “broken”, I immediately think of something that was previously useful and served some purpose, but, through some mishap or overuse has become useless or difficult to use. Often we are faced with the dilemma of whether to repair that item or dispose of it.…
The years before No portion of my life is more significant and less documented than the years from 1994 to 1996. More new experiences were crowded into this minuscule line segment of my personal timeline than during any other period of my almost seventy years…so far. Other life-changing events have occurred, each at their expected…
Every time change is in the air I remember how much I hate change. Sameness lulls me into thinking that somehow I’ve finally gotten past it, but then something different creeps in, and I’ve got knees made of Jello, a queasy stomach, and nights haunted with episodes of insomnia. Change. Just change. Nothing particularly negative…
I imagine that the year was 1961…September 11, assuredly…most likely 1961. Earlier in the summer my parents had purchased a used upright piano from some friends and decided that I would begin taking piano lessons that fall. I was an eight-year-old third grader, whose only prior musical knowledge was from the bits of family radio…
I have a confession to make and a truth to share. Are you ready? This will knock your socks off. Back in March I started a new post. I was about five paragraphs in when my husband (whom I really do love) meandered over to my desk, pulled up a chair, and said, “Mind if…
…a memorable line from an obscure musical, “Plain and Fancy”; a life lesson uttered by an Amish papa to his daughter whose heart belonged to someone other than her betrothed… Friends and adult family are so tactful when addressing my age, but on occasion a young one will make note of the fact that my…
I just got off of the phone with my sweet mom. I am really blessed to still have her on this earth. Living in her petite, senior apartment in Texas, she is a good thousand miles from me, but through the magic of cellular phones we get the feeling of closeness whenever one or the…
