So today is a day dedicated to love which comes in so many flavors. There’s the “leaping flames” love of youth and the “quiet white embers” love of the ages. There’s the silly precocious love of your teens; the intensely magnetic love of your twenties; the practical and steady love of your thirties; and theContinue reading “I believe in love…”
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Forgive; don’t forget
Almost bedtime on the eve of the last day of the year. Yes, in a little less than a day, we’ll begin another year… 2014 showed me that life is so much more than something that just happens to us. So, I want to start 2015 clean and clear. The Buddha once said, “Holding onContinue reading “Forgive; don’t forget”
STEM is a stick; STEAM is a source of energy!
So our ability to educate and fully round out our youth has been reduced to a convenient acronym that is another work for a stick… Sad indeed but a growing and pervasive challenge being faced all across the country. We are blessed here in the Lakota School Districts that the water level has not risenContinue reading “STEM is a stick; STEAM is a source of energy!”
Laughter; the Shortest Distance…
Thought for the day: I was sitting in church this morning thinking about a couple of things that have been a bit of a drag lately… then it occurred to me that most of us come into this world crying and most of us go out of this world surrounded by people crying (if we’reContinue reading “Laughter; the Shortest Distance…”
Penny Funnel Looks Like Life
So, as I was rereading all the posts on my status for yesterday, an image came to mind. It was one of those spiral vortex things that always used to be around the checkout areas of restaurants or in museums and other places for coaxing you out of your spare change. You know, those big,Continue reading “Penny Funnel Looks Like Life”
Year – Month – Week – Day…
Do you remember when a year took a year, a month took a month, a week took a week and a day took a whole day? Here we are staring at August — the end of the summer — almost back to school — and I don’t think I have all the Christmas decorations putContinue reading “Year – Month – Week – Day…”
21 Problems All Sarcastic People Will Understand
Your sense of humor could be described as an “acquired taste.” Sarcasm slips out of your mouth so often that you often forget you’re doing it. You have to tell people when you’re being serious, because they’re so used to you making jokes. And since your default is sarcasm, you have a hard time turningContinue reading “21 Problems All Sarcastic People Will Understand”
There is love …
There is love, like, respect and indifference. These are the ways we are provided to treat our fellow men. Love is strong, but often destructive. It is the single-most significant force in all the universe. It has moved man to great acts of passion that range from the infinitely altruistic and romantic to the darkest recesses ofContinue reading “There is love …”
My Very Own “Bridge At San Luis Rey”
Every now and then I find myself caught up in and perhaps thinking too long about shortcuts I have taken and mistakes I have made. It is easy when in one of those periodic down-cycles to reflect on what one has done and where one has been. But, be careful; if you linger in thereContinue reading “My Very Own “Bridge At San Luis Rey””
Things that make you say “hummmm” to yourself
In the category of simple things that will amaze you; True story… We are in Toledo today for a marching band competition and we decided to go to lunch at the Applebee’s near the mall where the kids are having a well deserved afternoon break and waiting on the results from the morning preliminary competition.Continue reading “Things that make you say “hummmm” to yourself”
Why Eye Write 