• I woke this morning with an old tune playing away in my head. That’s not an unusual thing for me; I often wake to music. This particular [...]

  Every Moment…

  5 May 2023
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith My rating: 4 of 5 stars   I loved this book. It was a bitter-sweet story, yet still left a good [...]

  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn – a Few Comments

  11 June 2017
• Today is the first day of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Do you know where your butterflies are? I walked outside early this morning and as [...]

  Spring Has Sprung (in Florida, anyway)

  20 March 2017
• Yes, I’ve been living real life and not writing here on my blog as much as I should. However, if I weren’t out riding my bike, [...]

  I Have Been Remiss

  7 March 2014

• A father, a mentor, a teacher, a great man has left us here in this place. His leaving diminishes the light in our lives yet brightens the [...]

  Into That Good Night

  10 March 2012
• I’ve always been fond of reminiscing about my past joys and pains and pleasures. Recently, I have started a regimen of daily walks around [...]

  I Must Be Getting Old

  16 December 2011
• I’ve found that there is one constant in life. That constant, which you can always depend on, is change. Life is an ever changing, swirling [...]

  The One Constant In Life

  13 October 2011
• While driving around the other day, my brother commented in passing that he could not understand how atheists could live their lives without the [...]

  Life Without an Afterlife

  4 February 2011

• … for my health, my kitties, my family, my friends, fresh air, good food, and peaceful existence. My life is not what it once was, and [...]

  I’m Thankful Today…

  25 November 2010