That one time of the day when the voices stop their annoying whispering in my ear.  The shaking of the fingers scolding me for my wasted ...

I used to feel I wanted to be touched. I waited for not only the physical whispering touch on the palm of my hand, but the sweeping t...

It is true that it is has been a longer gap than usual for posting.  I  have been waiting for some profound thought to give me stimulus for ...

What a busy vacation!  One whole week of beaching, snorkeling, eating at fancy and not-so-fancy restaurants, hiking, touring, going to festi...

The smooth face of a butter-cream surf-sanded shell The marvelous smooth pre-kissed cheek of a grandchild The starfish shaped prints in ...

My 7-year-old grandson is visiting us this week. He had a free week from his summer schedule and we are thrilled to be able to share this t...

For me, this warm month is just the opposite of that physics where the sun hits a balloon and expands it to a nice bold size where it can bo...

I have nothing to write really.  Friko would like something humorous to read, as would many bloggers, because life just seems a little too d...

Two days of intense and painful swollen neck glands and a knife sharp pain on one side of my throat when I swallow has been the way Thursday...

Alone, Hearing the sigh of air through the rooms of the house Feeling the fall of the dust through the sunbeams Creating the echo of ...

The morning has been washed with last night's rain and the air is cooler than it has been in almost a month.  One might actually think t...

Trying to keep track of her is like trying to keep track of that annoying summer fly in the bedroom while you are reading.  She buzzes in an...

Here is another take on people that help us. I first met Oscar about 4 years ago when we were putting in our lawn to this new house. (The...

She rests easy in the dark night sky. Her gentle face reflects the peaceful light of eternity. We are trying to shelter against war, fam...

The saying that 'life can change on a dime' is familiar to many of us.  I searched the Internet to see where this expression ca...

When I was a child I remember how rare candy was at my house.  It was rare because of cost, not so much the enforcement toward healthy eat...

Do you ever wonder if we truly have only a finite number of heartbeats in our magnificent body? Do you wonder if you had started writing po...

Being retired means, for most people, that everyday is Saturday or Sunday.  Baring economic hardship, you can pretty much do what you w...

Grandchildren are loaned to us so that we can pass on our well-earned wisdom to their generation and make the world a better, more evolved p...

It seems that readers of my prior post are somewhat masochistic...so lets take a tour of this old trunk. I opened the heavy trunk lid and on...