This is a song by a guy named Chris Rosser. It’s the only song I have with “Benjamin” as a title…so it was the only obvious choice. It’s my friend Ben’s birthday today. Ben was a running buddy. We were … Continue reading
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We cooked a big ham for Christmas dinner. It wasn’t huge…it didn’t need wheels to get it over to the oven. But it was big. You don’t notice how much “more than you need” it is until everybody’s full…and the … Continue reading
My family took a bunch of slides when I was growing up. If we were taking pictures, we were developing them as slides. That was the way to do it. We could always make a print later if we wanted … Continue reading
At our house, “the baby” gets held. The baby gets held because that’s what you do. The baby gets held because, like all our children, she’s a treasure…and we want to. We want to hold her. Sometimes, though, we have … Continue reading
I haven’t finished my Christmas shopping yet. This fact got me thinking a little bit about time this morning. It’s 5:05 in the morning. See…I’m obsessing over time already. I have two days until Christmas. Two days is supposedly 48 … Continue reading
I’ve been listening to a course on Philosophy lately while I deliver the mail. I don’t get it. It’s all these puzzles and tricky words and it makes my head spin. That’s not a good thing while I’m delivering the … Continue reading
Back in the day when you stood for hours in a video rental store, picking up tape after tape, reading the backs of the boxes to try and find something that the whole family…the family that was smaller in age and … Continue reading
OK, so here’s a weird hypothetical situation I was thinking about this morning. A “what if” that I can fill up a page writing about. A hail mary blog topic that might get me inspired enough to make my 500 … Continue reading
I have an audio version of the Bible that I’ve started listening to again as I deliver mail. I go through spurts…I’ll listen to some self-help courses, listen to some novels on tape, listen to the radio and all the … Continue reading
that I stood at the front of an old Episcopal church in Asheville, NC and watched Jenny walk down the aisle in a beautiful white dress. Today’s the day we got married. Twenty years ago today. Now we sleep with … Continue reading