I went for a walk tonight.
I went for a walk tonight. It didn’t seem like a big deal at first. Just a normal evening; my son, who is soon to graduate, is off on his senior trip. The house is VERY quiet and it feels as if something is wrong. He asked that I pick up his car from school […]
The Touchstone of Comfort from the Past
Often, like flying through turbulence or bouncing on the waves in the ocean, life has its ups and downs. Even with the best planning, things happen in life that cause you just to need a ‘break’ or take a ‘pause’. There are a lot of changes happening in our household these days. With these normal […]
I Like Old Things
These days, given our covid world, it’s nice to even be out at a stoplight. There are so many people! But while sitting at a light, a large, greasy, black smoke billowing flatbed tow truck rolled to a stop carrying the remains of an old Autin Healy. A real classic, but it wasn’t the make […]
Rise Up!
These days I don’t sleep like I used to. I am older, the body I had in my 20’s burned away like flash paper in a magician’s act and these morning times are not always fun. Today, at 4 am, wide awake I decided to jog, walk and crawl. I was met by a truth… […]
The Fabric of Life
I believe our lives are much like fabric… they can be colorful, supportive, but not restrictive, and very resilient. That ‘fabric’ as I like to think of it, changes as the years march on, and there are times when the fabric of our lives is ripped and torn. Over the years you will find it […]
Bluegrass
Tales from the Road Series It starts with the squeal of horsehair pulled across the vibrating strings of an old fiddle, and the sharp ping of a Mandolin strike. The big bass doesn’t announce himself so much by the deep-throated sound, as the vibrations in the air. Somehow this mix of instruments doesn’t just make […]
Occaneechi Speed Way
Tales from the Road Series. It’s post-world War II and recovery is slow. Rural North Carolina is still far from TV and dependent on the blistered, craggy hands of small farmers to keep life going. The larger cities, Charlotte, Greensboro, and Raleigh had all started to rise but entertainment was few and far between for […]
Guard Your Heart
My heritage, going back many moons, is from the Scottish Highlands. There are stories from WWI that say the enemy referred to the highlanders as the “Devil Ladies” or “The Woman from Hell” …a play on the fact that the Highlanders still showed up in kilts for campaigns, and they were relentless… True or not, […]
Expanding Your Vision
Expand your vision We typically live in a restricted mindset and restricted choices when it comes to life. Our last blog and vlog talked about the words in our heads and their limiting powers. This week I am standing on the deck of the Queen Mary in Long Beach California. Her keil laid 1930 […]
Intersections In Our Lives
When we walk through life we come to what I like to call ‘intersections’, decision points along the road. Which way will you turn, left, right, go straight ahead, reverse…Yes, you are at an intersection in life. The tapes that run in our heads, the words associated with said tapes and the actions that these […]
