there are days when it’s hard to put one wordin front of the other and push a page past blank.there are nights when what looks like tired ismore. there are afternoons spent preparing forevening meals for people I never see and I haveenergy to cook the steak to order and reducethe sauce to a perfect…
Everything was new for our new year: new place, new people, new traditions. We drove up to Raleigh, as Andy and Barney used to say, for their First Night celebration, one of the grandchildren of the original First Night in Boston. We heard some good bluegrass, Ginger saw an African dance company, and we spent…
Everything was new for our new year: new place, new people, new traditions. We drove up to Raleigh, as Andy and Barney used to say, for their First Night celebration, one of the grandchildren of the original First Night in Boston. We heard some good bluegrass, Ginger saw an African dance company, and we spent…
Everything was new for our new year: new place, new people, new traditions. We drove up to Raleigh, as Andy and Barney used to say, for their First Night celebration, one of the grandchildren of the original First Night in Boston. We heard some good bluegrass, Ginger saw an African dance company, and we spent…
Ginger and I went to see No Country for Old Men a couple of days ago. I’ve been a huge Coen Brothers fan since a friend in Fort Worth took me to see Blood Simple. I can also quote most of Raising Arizona and Fargo. I knew I wasn’t going to the feel good movie…
Christmas was gonebefore they gotto the manger,with entourage “We saw his star in the east,” they said. Mary wondered whya sign from Goddidn’t get themthere on time “You missed the angel choir,” she said. Nevertheless theyknelt before the babe,offering gifts andhopeful hearts “What matters is we made it,” they said. Peace,Milton
On Christmas Eve, I was driving home from finishing my shopping when Ginger called to tell me to expect to see a man in our front yard raking leaves. We had lots of leaves. Tim had knocked on our door asking for work so he could have Christmas with his daughter. When I got home,…
The sun is gone and darkness is settling down here. We’re off soon to a potluck dinner at church and then a service together. Later, Ginger, Jay, and I will go to the midnight service of lessons and carols in Duke Chapel (Jay and I are even going to sing in the choir!). This year,…
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.(Leo Tolstoy) I’m trying to get down to the heart of the matterbut the flesh is weak and my thoughts seem to scatterbht I think it’s about forgiveness, forgiveness —even if, even if you don’t love me anymore(Don Henley) The two quotes were…
Ginger made a quick trip to check in on her folks this week and our pups who are staying in Birmingham until our housing situation becomes more permanent. I drove her to the airport early Thursday morning and then decided to run a couple of errands on the way home. One was to go by…