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God’s Great Opus

  Like many of us “of a certain age,” music in contemporary church services doesn’t lift my spirits. Rather, I imagine God, as he listens to these contemporary hymns, muttering, “I gave you Bach, for heaven’s sake!” Still, many younger people find it fills their...

Why? How? What?

Snow days are a great time to ponder the weird. Here in Tennessee, we had a snow day yesterday…all of a dusting (egad!) BUT with icy, twisty, hilly roads that would make the most intrepid New York driver think twice about heading out. So I had time to wonder about...

I Hate the 21st Century!

  As a blogger, I get to “vent” and call it writing. And today’s the day. I hate the 21st century! There, I’ve said it and here’s why. Then and Now Time was, a person would buy a television set, plug it in, turn it on and watch every available channel. (Okay,...

Imperceptible

I think life has a way of sneaking up on us. One minute we’re here, doing that, and the next minute we’re there, doing this. And we wonder how it happened. I’m growing lettuce in a small hydroponic system. Every morning, I notice more growth and wonder, how did I miss...

Breaking the Bonds

I realized, as I looked over the contents of my estate sale, that I have too damn much stuff. I realized how mindlessly I’d been living when I saw everything I still possessed spread out all over the house. There were things I forgot I owned or never used. If I’d...

Growing Roots

It was only a year ago that my visit to Tennessee was coming to a close. Being with my son and daughter-in-law had been a joy, and I felt torn heading north to the city that had been my home for more years than I care to admit. No matter where I drove on Tennessee’s...