As everyone knows, a phrase I like to say to avoid arguments, pillows are where dreams come from.

“When I grow up will you still read books to me?”

"...we do not take a trip; the trip takes us."

When I was a little boy, an era that lasted far longer than the years normally allotted, my Christmas list for Santa was fairly simple; 

Never underestimate the day.

December 9, 2024   Greetings from the living testament,   Memories are held like water cupped in your hands, trembling, leaking, changed...

November 11, 2024   Greetings from the next step,   Almost every ache has an accompanying joy.   I am of an age where I am not totally...

They were two-thousand-year-old political yard signs.

October 21, 2024   Greetings from the brick and mortar,   It was a crowded shop, filled with intriguing things, some cluttered into...

“Solvitur ambulando”. It is a Latin phrase which means "It is solved by walking."

Sept 30, 2024   Greetings from the joining,   We are surrounded by people, almost always. Most everyone that we pass in a day, we don’t...

Sept 16, 2024   Greetings from the ambassador,   When I got back from this trip, a friend asked, “Does Germany hate us?  I know the...

Sept 9, 2024   Greetings from the tour,   There is this small town I am friends with, Ludington, nested on the edge of Lake Michigan.  I...

Sept 2, 2024   Greetings from pallette,   I’m holding on to the color of August.  That’s a little misleading since August is so many...

August 26, 2024   Greetings from the written words,   If you were searching for something in my house, say a cufflink or a safety pin or...

August 19, 2024   Greetings from the player,   I saw him in the driveway and thought it must be an older brother or something.  This boy...

August 12, 2024   Greetings from the purpose,   As I write this, coffee close to my right hand, I can still feel the mild ache in my...

August 5, 2024   Greetings from the traveler,   You might go all of your life and not know the name Lazarus Lake.  It’s not even the...

July 22, 2024   Greetings from the welcome,   I have a basket of words I’ve saved over the years.  Some I wrote down thinking I’d look up...

July 8, 2024 Greetings from the treasure, Some weeks ago, I was in the car with Finley, who at the time was on the sunrise side of two...