Archive for January 2024
What is Left Behind?
I was in 4th or 5th grade the first time someone told me this, and it was Linda Rogas’s mother. She said emphatically that everyone was sent into this world with a purpose and a talent. Why did I never hear that in my home, in Church, or my Sunday School classes? That was the…
Read MoreThe Rat Race
While each of us is expected to support him or herself in some way, not everyone is designed to be employed. It seems every entrepreneur I’ve ever known or worked for has been someone who simply couldn’t last long in someone else’s employ. For the most part, these are people with serious skills and creative…
Read MoreGreat Blasket Island
I awoke this morning to an overwhelmingly gray sky, a gray world, and as I looked out from my bedroom window over the expanse of Perkins Creek, I reminded myself that it is a bright sunny day above the cloud cover. So bright is the sunshine on the tops of the clouds that you can…
Read MoreOn Restriction – Again!
During my teen years, I cannot remember a single birthday when I was not on restriction. Honestly, I was a pretty good kid. I never went to any of those “secret parties” in the Old Fort. (These were the days when the Old Fort was in ruins, was clearly marked “Restricted Property,” and was completely…
Read MoreMother’s Foray Into Scouting
I have so many “Dad” stories that it makes for a terrible imbalance. While he was out saving the world and earning piles of citations, medals, and ribbons, Mother was sacrificing her life and desires in support of his career. She never CALLED it a sacrifice. This was expected in her generation. Nevertheless, all of…
Read MoreOrnaments
No matter when I actually post this, I’m writing it on January 7. That means that the 12 Days of Christmas have passed and I can now take down my Christmas Tree. I’ve known people who believed it was bad luck to still have the tree up on New Year’s Eve, but I was taught…
Read MoreA New “Do”
Last night, I joined a couple of friends for a New Year’s Eve Dinner. They wanted me to invite a gentleman friend to make it a foursome, but that proved problematic for me. It’s not that I’m running away or hiding from “romance.” It’s just that I’m not desperately seeking it, and I don’t like…
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