The evidence of fall is in full display. Not the brilliant colors we had a few weeks ago; today I see the dull muted colors of leaves that have had their last hoorah. It reminds me of the documentaries that I’ve seen covering the spawning runs of wild salmon. Spent is the word that I would use to describe [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Letting The Leaves Fall Where They May.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, daughters, family, wife on October 24, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Halloween Memories.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged childhood, children, family, Halloween on October 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Halloween was huge at our house growing up. I don’t know what it was like for any one reading this blog. I remember beginning in the early seventies the great candy scare that hit our area. At ten years old it was devastating. Maybe it was an urban legend, started by some sick Dentist or maybe it was true, I don’t [...]
A Harry Chapin Moment.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birthdays, family, fathers, old age on October 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
With no pictures to post, it’s not close enough to Halloween to bring that up, a political tirade seems appropriate but ineffectual, I’m left with the weather, or family to write about.
Wednesday was my fathers’ birthday, turning 69 years old he seems to be in good health. Retired, he summers in the mountains of Idaho and winters [...]
The Desperation And Dangers Of Writers Block!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged EDS, Smiling Bob, writers block on October 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I hate it when I sit down to write and everything I produce comes out sounding disgruntled, trite, or apathetic. Should I comment on President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize? I probably better not. What about the Colorado Rockies loss in the ninth inning? Who cares. How about the monetary disaster of the U.S. currency? Judging by the direction gold [...]
I’m On… You Know… That One Big Highway.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged kids, daughters, family, wife, children, icy roads, rescue on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Brrinnnng! ….. Brrinnnng! I feel her elbow hit me in my Latissimus Dorsi, ”It’s the phone, answer the phone.” The phone is on my side of the bed, the concern in my wifes’ voice has me instinctively reaching in the direction of the lamp on my night stand. Fumbling around with an extended arm, my left eye attempted to focus in [...]
Mother Natures Message; Slow Down.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Autumn, childhood, children, family, seasons, time, wisdom on October 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The leaves falling from the trees, appear dried and spent from a summer of basking. They fall to rest on concrete pathways and are soon ground to powder as children trample them under foot. Gentle breezes; G-ds’ omnipitent whisper, his promise that change is in the air. Autumn winds send the discarded party favors of summer tumbling into his still green parkways. Racing [...]
The Sound Of Broken Egg Shells.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, Growing up, kids, layoffs on October 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s been a rough week at work. Things are pretty slow and it has been for a couple of months now. So much so that on Monday, Corporate sent word down from the Ivory Tower that two of their serfs must leave the safety of the empire. As they are cast into the wastelands of unemployment, the remaining masses can [...]
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