Monthly Archives: March 2012

Changing Seasons

Dear Son, I am typing on your wireless keyboard.  It is tough for your dad and I to use any of your things.  I feel like I am borrowing them.  I guess we are, all of us just borrowing things … Continue reading

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Among whom I used to dwell

I confessed to one of my friends yesterday that I missed the simpler, more thoughtless days.  I was talking about matters of faith and ideas about God, but the fact is ,it is true about my entire life.  You do … Continue reading

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Broken record

There is so much to say about our child, how we feel, what we miss, but we have a limited vocabulary with which to express it.  That must be part of the reason we build memorials, run marathons, ride in … Continue reading

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Perspective

I don’t know how to describe it when something clicks in a way that changes my perspective.   If it happens slowly, I do not notice.  The gradual evolving of my feelings and observations gently nudge me to think differently.  … Continue reading

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In hope of joy

Daylight savings time begins this Saturday.  Tonight is the opening reception for the artists of Blue Ridge Watermedia Society at Haywood County Arts Gallery where I will have some work on display.  If the weather permitted, potters Brant and Karen … Continue reading

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Early Spring

Dear Son, It has been a tough couple of weeks.  I have talked to you so much.  I am sorry if I seem to be angry at times.  I am frustrated that I can’t seem to come to grips with … Continue reading

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