“Please get in the truck with your sisters.” 

I refused to look at my father.  For a moment I didn’t move.  I glanced toward my getaway spot and contemplated running to my favorite willow tree instead. 

Climb up…up…away…… Read full post »

I am sitting here missing my husband today.  So I am listening to my
Weepies radio on Pandora and reading his old poetry.  Yeah, I'll see him in a couple of hours but with jobs and kids ...sometimes life gets in the way.  Then I stum/… Read full post »

Today is the one year anniversary of my Grandfather’s passing.  He was my inspiration for my first post and will be again today.  Don’t expect political correctness from this ‘ol vet born in Northern Wisconsin in 1914.  Do expect a couple of head scratches and maybe a… Read full post »

If you'd like, click the above song to listen as you read

“He’s forgotten how to swallow his food,” my father told me yesterday when he called. “They’ve put Grandpa on an all liquid diet… it won’t be long now.”… Read full post »

The case of a Lakota/Anishinabe man, Leonard Peltier, is an embarrassing display of racial injustice in America. As we are promoting human rights and democracy around the world, this Native man has been falsely imprisoned since 1974. To add insult to the injured justice system, the Peltier/… Read full post »

 
Acedia.  An ancient word used by desert monks to explain destructive pulls away from their monotonous lives.  These internal pulls and pushes, voices if you will, told them that their lives of work, prayer, and introspection were meaningless. 

Acedia, sloth… Read full post »

In the new age of Obama, let’s focus on a shared solution in the battle of mass inoculations rather than floundering with bickering and hopeless division. Pro-vaccine folks want full participation in order to/… Read full post »

                My grandparents lived on this property for 63 years.  Nine months ago their yard light went out.  Without that lonely light, on moonless nights, their property is completely black.  My grandpa promised/… Read full post »

There it was – screeching down on the car. Going 70 mph on I-94 we almost hit the largest owl I had seen in years. Its wingspan had to be nearly five feet because it’s form took up the entire windshield. The owl’s oversized head and shape was… Read full post »