Growing up, my mother was a master punster. Her word-play calisthenics, to an adolescent, were real groaners. As I get older, my genetic predisposition for puns has begun showing more and more, but mom's true scion is my daughter. At the ripe old age of six, she quipped the best pun I've ever heard. We … Continue reading Best pun ever!
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All I really need to know I learned at Jin Jins
I love me a good quote. I have several that have special significance for me. One, a stunner from Friedrich Nietzsche, follows me wherever I go... literally, and has an Irish accent. "What does not kill me makes me stronger." While I identify with being a Christian, I would more accurately say it's with ambivalent … Continue reading All I really need to know I learned at Jin Jins
A part of the whole
Throughout our unfathomable universe, there is no up, no down... there just Is. The curve of the earth, a slice of green among the cold, lifeless rocks circling the same sun, knows no orienting aspect. Held to the surface by the sheer force of gravity, spinning 1,000 miles per hour, we stand perpendicular to our … Continue reading A part of the whole
Fleeting
As transient and fragile as a cut flower, our lives fade out among all the other dying stars in the universe in the blink of an eye, fleeting and brief. Achingly beautiful in our shining moment, only to wither to dust, forgotten to all but the angels.
Everywhere a sign
I've had my small share of heartache - teen angst boyfriend break-ups, unrequited love - but the worst pain, is when I've loved so much that it felt like my heart would literally burst. The loss of a loved one - death from illness, or age, or injury - especially when unexpected. You are left … Continue reading Everywhere a sign
Great escape
When I was a kid - long before cable television, before video games, or DVDs, or the Internet - my friends and I played outside. All. Day. We'd leave home after breakfast, only coming home for lunch, then heading back out again until it was dark. We had bikes to ride, games to play, balls to … Continue reading Great escape
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