Finding The Right Mo’s

We were talking on the phone one night a couple weeks before she was to fly out.

“I took my black boots in to be repaired so I can bring them on the trip. I love those boots but a heel had broken off.”

“Ah,”… Read full post »

Words you use like oils

Masterpieces in my ear

Bringing intense heat

Passions burn within

Long dormant desires wake

New hungers now roar

Our past starvations

Are no longer our sadness

Our souls now well fed

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It had been raining on and off all day and it was now steadily falling as we stepped out onto the sidewalk from the old hotel.

We walked together under my umbrella to the restaurant located a few blocks away. It was dark but our way was… Read full post »

    Holding hands and sitting on a bench in Charm City

Water laps at the bulkhead

The sun shines; warm on our faces

She smiles

My heart melts

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There have been some inspired posts about or relating to fall recently on OS; those I've read by Trig Palin, Nanatehey and Just Cathy come to mind. This being my favorite season, I’ve been thinking of posting something as well and now finally have a few words to add. Thanks to yo… Read full post »

Coffee from a cup

The gifts of a special friend

The taste is so sweet 

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I have had fun reading all the firsts posts on OS so I decided to throw my hat into the ring. A bit late perhaps but here they are:

1. Who was your FIRST prom date?           

Liz - she broke my heart soon after. 

2. Who was yo… Read full post »

I recently met someone through this technology we call the internet. The circumstances of our meeting or the platform that facilitated it are not important for my purposes here. 

We have become fast friends in a relatively short time. We talk daily; relating to each other little snippets… Read full post »

Last night I was a rototillin’ sonofabitch preparing a new planting bed for a very nice Nandina (aka 'Heavenly bamboo') that I have nursed along from a pup but that had now been overtaken by Bloodgrass. I love the Bloodgrass, but it spreads voraciously. 

I … Read full post »

I'm in the grocery the other night and I'm walking through the dead animal aisle. I had a cart although I was just picking up a few things.

I like a cart, or a trolley as the Brits call it. It provides some stability to my food shopping experience. It's… Read full post »

It was a good day to be a lot of things yesterday, 6/14/09, in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

It was a good day to be reading on the porch...

A good day to be a grazing horse...

Incongruously, it was also a… Read full post »

This is a small office and as such there are important tasks we may be called upon to accomplish, tasks that may not necessarily be in your job description but yet you may be required to undertake none the less. So, with this large responsibility on our shoulders, let me offer… Read full post »

Last night I attended a local municipality’s meeting of their Board of Supervisors as I am required to do quite often for my job. While waiting for my agenda item to come up, I sat and listened to a discussion that took place regarding the unauthorized use of the athletic… Read full post »

Carlisle.

Say that word to anyone who loves old cars and there’s a very good chance they will know exactly where and what you’re talking about. The fairgrounds at Carlisle, Pennsylvania host numerous car shows from spring through fall, but the biggest… Read full post »

As I mention in the piddly little bio info to the left and have mentioned in previous posts, I am a dad. My daughter is a beautiful, bright and good hearted 9 year old who couldn't care less about Hannah Montana but loves iCarly. She dotes on her gerbils and dog, loves… Read full post »

There has been a fair amount of writing and discussion on sex-related topics recently, what with the dirty haikus and all (or maybe just all the time and I'm just now noticing or that's just what catches my eye). So with this on my mind (uh, yeah) when th… Read full post »

 You know you look up to someone if you're willing to do something for them that could land you in jail. Especially if what they ask you to do is really stupid.

Looking back, though, it wasn't just because it was asked of us. I think we did it be… Read full post »

Beth Mann sent me a couple links to interesting articles regarding chemical pesticide use in the wine industry found here and here.

First was about a study done on chemicals found in wines produced from European vineyards and the other regarding the types and am… Read full post »

Pizza is not hard to make. However, since it is so easy to buy already made, either at your favorite nearby joint or those frozen abominations at the grocery, it may not actually enter your consciousness to give it a try. But should you put forth the effort it is… Read full post »

My friend Greg and I went to Europe in 1989. Kind of a last hurrah after college graduation and before beginning our working lives.

There are many stories to tell about that trip, but the one that sticks in my mind at the moment is the day we were stopped at the Du… Read full post »

I have the good fortune of being friendly with a couple of vintners who own a nearby winery. These men, their families and employees tend about 30 acres of vines and produce about 5,000 cases of wine a year. That may sound like a lot but compared with the big domestic… Read full post »

Visting a winery is more than just going out and buying a bottle or two of wine. As anyone who's been to a good one knows, it's not just the taste of the wine that sticks with you, although that is most important for deciding what you like.

If… Read full post »

I was visiting a friend last night; he and his fiancée live in the old steel town of Coatesville, PA. It's been in the news around the Philadelphia area but it's made national news too: There has been an arsonist(s) setting fire to people's homes at an alarming pac… Read full post »