As we slip into May spring begins to give way to summer. I will soon celebrate my fifty third year on the Earth and my thirty third year of marriage. Today, May 1st, our son got married to a wonderful girl. On the 21st he will leave his new wife for boot camp and a … Read more
I am rereading Bob Buford’s “Half Time”, which is a wonderful and inspiring book if you have not read it. Regardless of whether you are in the second half of your life (past 50 like me) or not it is well worth the read and a book that I suspect would remain in your library. … Read more
The view out of my study window is not, as a writer, what one would necessarily hope for. There is a beautiful Sweetgum tree in my front yard that is almost perfectly centered in this window. Beyond, where when we moved here there was only pasture land, I have a view between two houses. My … Read more
In a recent article there was a line that struck me. The article, by Clay Tarver of the New York Times, was on Jason Everman who played with Nirvana and Soundgarden prior to becoming an Army Ranger and working in Special Forces. Near the end of the article, Everman says, “The way I look at … Read more
Creativity requires space. Whether you are doing the creating or you want to give God room to make some changes in your life. If you don’t make space for something to grow, much like in a garden, you are choking the life out of anything that strives to develop. I have spent so much of … Read more