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Good Morning!

The air sings as you walk by, rearranging the day, opening and closing doors, stretching a smile where it rushes to the horizon and kisses the pink blushing under billowing clouds. Breath comes alive then – not as necessity, hums…

Icons

An Icon is a symbol, representation or figure. Icons are especially important in many religious ceremonies. They point the way to realities beyond the tangible and give us a hint or a suggestion of a world beyond linear comprehension. Icons…

Remodeling

Written in 1997 It’s been “Tool Time” around here for about six months. Tim Allen makes it look funny on “Home Improvement,” especially when things are falling down, exploding or flying around the room. The process of planning, financing and…

Convergence

A chance meeting on a street that leads to marriage. A Mega Millions lottery ticket that opens up a new relationship with the IRS. Or, missing a plane that ends up cratering into a mountainside in the Urals. There are…

Dance

Skin dances at the end of fingertips, in rhythm with each exhalation. Every stroke an exultation: a waltz, a samba – – – rock and roll. Drumbeats invade all senses. A smile indexed, not misfiled in memory. The rooms cloaked…

The Grump

As a child, I had a great aunt who called me “Douglie.” I have never been enthusiastic about my name so the elaboration was unwelcomed. Early names tend to be terms of endearment. Others have to do with the incidents…