THE GREATEST PLEASURE OF ALL The pleasures of life are endless; like seeing millions of bright green, spring leaves waving to me from the trees in my backyard or the sweetness and joy shining from a child’s eyes before she …
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BIG BROTHER IN TALLAHASSEE I was feeling both excitement and dread as I turned into Keith’s driveway right by a couple of big pine trees that always helped me locate the break in the fence line. The dread was because …
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UNDERSTANDING THE RULES OF LIFE If all the rules in your world are breaking before they’ll bend, you’re probably a religious fanatic. If you’re breaking all the rules and no one has complained, you’re probably marooned on the tiniest, uninhabited …
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ELECTRIC IN TALLAHASSEE The universal clock that ticks off the destiny of worlds and nations had finally struck my hour of departure for Tallahassee. For me, just like in Las Vegas, I just felt the spirit in my body and …
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YOU GOT TO KEEP THE FAITH BABY This morning I prayed, meditated, read a chapter in the bible and then took my coffee to the back porch to watch the miraculous show of nature that has gone on here in …
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RIDE THE WAVE What goes around comes around, but we don’t know how big the circle is, so don’t stand out in the road waiting to get even or on the shore for your ship to come in. Every day …
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This post today is separate from my chronological, story line entries although it is generally about the same subject. I think it fits very well here, hope you agree. It was written last year. FOR YOUR STEPS ALONE There’s an …
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WILL TALLAHASSEE SAVE ME? There was a break in the rain, so I walked out to one of the greenhouses where I like to go sit in my mother’s little office where she keeps her records on all the plants. …
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A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR My bathroom floor looks likes an abstract painting. Every morning I sit and look at all the faces, animals, cartoon characters, cowboys, religious figures, monsters, etc. that are winking and blinking at me; …
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THE DOG AND “ME” My stepdaughter’s dog never stops watching me. If I didn’t love this dog, I could easily hate him; he sees right through all my bulls**t; my rationalizations and my pretensions, maybe that’s why his name is …
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