See…serpent!
Like the new bracelet my daughter brought me back from Guatemala? It's the third bangle from the left. The other three are my former friend Paige's pet snakes. <— yes, plural. If I stumble across a snake in the wild, I'm...
A time to speak, continued
Intro, Goodbye Girl, part one "It was the best dayof my life so far." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are aspects to my personality my family does not appreciate; for one, I'm inclined to share my thoughts with you, whether or not they're...
While I’m licking my wounds…
Three things while I try my "best" to rewrite the post I was "this close" to publishing, the follow-up to A Time to Speak–somehow lost when I blinked [insert screeching, foot stomping and language that would earn me an "R" rating...
Red, white and blew
This is exactly the picture I was trying to capture, timed perfectly with the slip & slider in the background! I’ve always had a soft place for pinwheels…I don’t know if its their twirly spin or color blur, but their simplicity registers...
A time to speak
"We do need to warn you…these kids are not the same!" — Never The Same '09 blog It's been two of the longest weeks in my life, but I imagine two of the shortest weeks in hers. A mission trip billed as "Never The Same...
No trombones led the little parade
Our neighborhood resurrected a years' old tradition last week, born of Mayberry and family and simpler times: a Fourth of July parade. We don't have 76 trombones or 110 cornets or a thousand reeds, but we do have air horns and car horns and I think a...
Stockholm Syndrome, Controversy and What Matters More?
Sometimes it's best not to know everything "they're" talking about, regardless of who "they" happens to be. Derek Webb, on/off/on-again/off-again/on again? lead singer for Caedmon's Call, has just digitally released his newest,...
I want you need you got to have YOU comment to this post!
Imitation is not plagiarism the most sincere form of flattery right? So I see this tweet from Schmutzie yesterday and because it involved a propah use of the word "incumbent", I was obligated to click through and comment. Apparently, I'm easily...
Chameleon on the beach
Even though he was the silent type, eventually we saw eye to...