Clooney and the Philippines

We watch a lot of age-appropriate television in our house. I don’t mean that we watch more than our share of television in general. What I mean is that if the TV is on, we’re probably watching RescueBots or Dora … Continue reading

choose to love

The rooster woke up shortly after I did again this morning. I listened to him when he started crowing, and it almost sounded like he was saying, “HE’S UP!! HE’S UP!!! HE’S UP!!!!!” Maybe it’s my fault that he gets … Continue reading

“we need to share”

I’m up before anyone else in the house most mornings. Sometimes, Jenny can’t sleep and she’ll get up in the night…drink a glass of water, watch some television, then try and get back to sleep….but I’m usually up when it’s … Continue reading

DYNA-MO

When I was in High School, we lived in Marietta, GA. I worked for a builder named Otis. I always called him Mr. Ragsdale…but his first name was Otis. He was a good man.  I enjoyed working for him. Marietta … Continue reading

real deals

When I was 15, I was asked to be the youth representative on our church council. I was as idealistic as any 15-year-old could be…pumped up on impending maturity and the need for my spirituality to be intense and kind … Continue reading

the rooster veered

I throw the porch rooster off his perch when he starts crowing in the morning. It’s not really his fault that he crows early…our neighbor has a big security light that looks like the sun turned down a few notches.  … Continue reading

eating a cake

I lived in Auburn, AL for a time after I graduated from college. It was sort of a postponement of adulthood or something, one last gasp in an extended wheezing avoidance of really growing up. I had a real talent … Continue reading

cheap apartment dream #1

Dreams are pretty strange. I think I’ve covered that territory in an earlier blog post . They’re weird…they don’t make any sense. I kind of like dreams, though.  It’s nice to have something that doesn’t make sense that’s easy to … Continue reading

two loaves

I made my sandwich yesterday morning like I make my sandwich every morning. It’s a routine…get the bread, get a clean Tupperware container and a knife from the drawers, stir the peanut butter a little, dig enough for a sandwich … Continue reading

woke up late and right on time

The rooster on the porch didn’t get the memo that the government was rolling the time back an hour. He was right on time this morning. Of course, that means that if I can sleep until what used to be … Continue reading