brown-colored glasses

Man…I’ve heard this expression…”rose-colored glasses”….like looking through rose-colored glasses is being optimistic about things…a positive worldview. I guess that it’s a good thing. That would be a good thing. My glasses turn brown in the sunshine. What does having “brown-colored … Continue reading

dodging a bullet

When you brake hard over 500 times a day, you appreciate that your Jeep can stop. You appreciate brakes. You don’t pay attention to them…you have other things on your mind…you have a job to do, after all. When things … Continue reading

an inappropriate song

“Me and Mrs. Jones” Billy Paul I don’t know if multi-tasking is in your repertoire, but if it is…hit play on the audio track and listen while you read this post. OK, picture this…a little kid, one of many in … Continue reading

in love with the world

Sometimes, you find yourself staring up at the sky….in love with the world and you don’t know why. It’s all so big…and you’re so small…but somehow you’re a part of it all…big by association. The breeze washes over you and … Continue reading

the hose goes pssssssssssssssbam

I loaded my Jeep to deliver the mail very early yesterday. I’d finished casing the relatively small amount of mail we got in to deliver…marked all my packages…did all my paperwork…and was ready to go by 9:30. That’s a good … Continue reading

dry well

We still heat primarily with wood. For years we heated only with wood…and then we got a propane wall heater that comes on when it cools off in the room so that it wasn’t freezing in the house when we … Continue reading

the least

I write sometimes about my morning “routine”. My morning routine consists of me getting up, throwing my sweatshirt and pants on immediately if it’s cold, going to the powder room for my morning ablution, then quietly creeping past my sleeping … Continue reading

the good parent party

We watched “Frozen” for the first real time last night. I say “real time” because we sat around the computer monitor with some popcorn and watched a Chinese “cam” version that we streamed over the internet one evening …but it … Continue reading

sleeping late, getting up early

Normally, I get up pretty early in the morning. It’s my developing “old man” style. I think that I’m trying to work up to the day when I can make a Saturday morning call to the kids at 6:30 AM. … Continue reading

the man who quit money

When I was going to school at Georgia State University, there was an older fellow who used to “preach” or maybe “pontificate” out in a central area of Atlanta…kind of a courtyard area close to the college… where people would … Continue reading