fireflies on the living room floor

Here’s a quote from Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Then one day I was walking along Tinker Creek thinking of nothing at all and I saw the tree with the lights in it. I saw a backyard cedar where … Continue reading

growing grass

I’m growing grass as I write this. I guess that what I mean is that I threw some grass seed on the ground…and I have faith that it will grow. It grows on its own. I don’t know if I … Continue reading

…down by the river

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwDIOQbeDMw There was a great old skit on SNL that featured Chris Farley as a motivational speaker. In the skit, he mentions “living in a VAN…down by the RIVER”. And here’s this guy…this angry guy…living in a van somewhere. Holy … Continue reading

awake

I was having a dream last night. It was a dream I remembered when I woke up.  It was a dream I remembered when I woke up relieved. In my dream, I was delivering the mail.  I was delivering out … Continue reading

rich enough to simplify

Watching this, it makes me wonder if you don’t have to have some resources to really live the simple life? When frugality and simple living is a choice, it sure does seem a lot more appealing…otherwise you’d lay in bed … Continue reading

a place to stay

“You just have to put your mind to it….and that’s what scares people.” What a tremendous thing it would be to…in addition to an education…give a kid a place to stay that was their own. What an education it would … Continue reading

Sam’s Father’s Head

When I was in my early 20’s, I helped my friend Sam move out of his condo. There was a bunch of folks helping with the move.  We had quite a crew. I remember that Sam’s father was helping. He … Continue reading

threw it on the ground

I was going to write a post about the mature reaction to adversity….and then the computer was messed up and all my mature vision flew out the window. This is what I felt like doing to the computer this morning….just … Continue reading