more than just a fan

Maybe I’ll never run again. That might happen. But….maybe I’ll be like this guy….an appreciator and encourager. Worse things could happen than to be beloved by the people around you. I better get working on that…..sometimes it’s hard to make … Continue reading

But what do I do when I get there?

OK….here’s the deal. I’m 55 years old and I haven’t run for a while….but if I worked up to it, I still believe that I could do this. I believe that I can do it….but I’m delusional in a lot … Continue reading

still stiff in the morning

I haven’t been out running for a while. I’m stiff when I wake up in the morning….like somebody bashed me with the baseball bat that’s labeled “old”. I don’t feel like that when I’m running. But….I don’t want to run … Continue reading

birds of the air and earth

The birds outside are singing again. I get up early enough at my house that I have some quiet time…..and the only noise is the birds singing…..maybe some bugs….bugging…..a dog barking down the road somewhere. It doesn’t really sound like … Continue reading

Into the Grey….spending some Green

When I was little, we went to Disneyland. I’d like to think that it was a lot less expensive to go to Disneyland back then…..and it probably was “less expensive”. (My friend, Clay, was saying yesterday that he bought a … Continue reading

I can’t know about everything.

My friend and neighbor put an ad on Facebook this morning that she had bantam chicks for sale. That was kind of exciting….we need some chickens again. But….we’re not ready for them yet….so I’ll have to skip them. I can … Continue reading

the tribute

The jungle’s moved back in, seemingly overnight, and the place that was bare is covered in vegetation again. That’s what happens where I live. That’s the way we roll in Western North Carolina. We’d all be covered up with green … Continue reading

the worst

  “The worst” is kind of hard to pin down sometimes. Our cat, Lilly, must stay up most of the night. She must stay up most of the night and hunt….because, in the morning, I’m often blessed with the spoils … Continue reading

burying dogs

Some mornings, I just don’t feel like putting the first letter down on the page. I used to write with a pencil….scratchy graphite on coarse paper, slow and …..now that I think about it…kind of sensual. Not “sensual” like “this … Continue reading

GPS…too.

I drove all night and into the morning to get to Niagara Falls. Of course, that was the American side….the side on our part of the border with Canada. We wanted to go to the Canadian side. The printer had … Continue reading