Usually the day's prompt gets me thinking about what to write. Then I go looking for a photo to go with the writing. This time I didn't have a clue about what to write until I went looking at the ...
The squall line move though about an hour ago. The rain left behind a dark gray overcast. There won't be much night sky to see tonight. Unless I look up, of course. The night sky will still be ...
First thought: Weathered. Yes. That would be me. After 63 winters I figure I have a right to look a tad weathered. For the photo, I was out in the canoe on Irondequoit Creek the day after Chr...
I made it to choir practice this evening. Between sickness, funerals, travel and surgery, that has not happened for a couple months. It was good to be back. When I hear the choir sing, with my v...
We have green stems pushing up from the bulbs in front of the house but no blooms, The African Violets inside are blooming bright. The flowers outside are still a promise. How important are prom...
On May 5, 1862, against all odds, the Mexican army defeated a much larger and better equipped French army at the battle of Puebla. To this day, Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in Mexico and the US as ...
Patterns of life, the patterns that shape us. It struck me this morning that Shirlee's death hit me a lot harder than I realized. Shirlee was my connection to old patterns where life was an adven...
Hello, May! Hello, bicycle! Hello, rubber legs! I used to ride a lot; I pretty much grew up on a bicycle. But for the past several years, son Nick was the primary user of my bike. Now that he's ...
Bread and honey. Comfort food, though I would add a pat of butter for good measure, and the bread would be fresh from the Wegmans bakery or perhaps the Abbey of the Genesee. If I were at the Abbey...
May day. Rain day. Cloud day. Rain day. Sun day. Bit of everything day. Work day. Play day. Walk day. My day. God's day. Looking out at ordinary places - April 2014 Yashica-D TLRKodak TMax 400 1...