I took a walk in the woods over an unkempt path. I carelessly crashed through a spider’s web. YIKES! I brushed […]
My young friend is creating a new world in southern West Virginia. I’m not sure he would put it that […]
A friend asked me to explain what Jesus meant by this: Unless you hate your father, mother, brothers, sisters, wife […]
My old friend moved away. He didn’t want to but he had to, he said. He’d lost the ranch along […]
My young friend is drowning. He can’t keep his head above water. Now he’s under. Now he’s up. I would […]
I don’t believe in thoughts and prayers. I don’t believe in tarot, Ouija or I Ching. I don’t believe in […]
I read the news today, oh boy. A crazed man killed 22 in El Paso and another killed nine in […]
I left the church two years ago. I thought I was just retiring but now I see I left it […]
My 10-year old twin granddaughters, their mother, Kate, and I were standing with my wife, Paula, waiting for awards to […]
So my 10-year-old granddaughter Angie is sitting beside me as we drive back to Shepherdstown from Boonsboro after returning her […]
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SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER
I reached a personal milestone yesterday. Alas, there were no fireworks and no parades.

O JOGO BONITO
Soccer is a beautiful game, my sons told me years ago. I couldn’t see what they saw, but I’m beginning to.

BEYOND REASON
I'm a soccer fan but not a fanatic. Alas, the game releases the inner barbarian.

BORN ON THE 5TH OF JULY
Today is my birthday. I was born in 1947. Let's hear if for the boomers!









