A filter for holiday cheer
Day-before-yesterday I stopped at a red light. There was a guy there on the island who asked for some help. I figured it being the holidays and all, the holidays during a global pandemic, when a whole lot of folks are having a pretty tough time, that I’d give him a little help. So that’sContinue reading “A filter for holiday cheer”
Past, present, future
Every so often the past and the future collide in the present. This is the stuff that goosebumps are made of. As a kid I had a teacher. On Saturday I expectedly got to watch my daughter (who’s about the same age I was back then) get coached by this same teacher. They say whenContinue reading “Past, present, future”
Father knows best. Or does he?
Last summer we took in a couple guests. A friend-of-a-friend was in a bit of a tight spot and needed a place to park her horses for a month. One of the equines was this little pony in the photo above (is she a pony or a mini?, I’m still trying to educate myself onContinue reading “Father knows best. Or does he?”
The arrow flies
“Your children are not your children….You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” Kahlil Gibran I’ve always been out-front, leading the way. Until yesterday when my horse Nolan spotted a predatory plastic bag along the trail. Mikayla and Cherie when out in front to get eaten first if thatContinue reading “The arrow flies”
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Doing some research on Duckweed today; helping out with a science fair project. Stopped in my tracks in amazement and marvel at human progress. Duckweed typed on a keyboard, information streamed almost instantaneously to the dusty barn closet that is doubling as an office these days. Wow! Now that is progress! There was a timeContinue reading “410”
Juan
Yesterday I took a break from the screen to stack some hay. My stack is small, only 4-5 high, but it still gives a guy something to do. The beauty is what the hay does to the mind. Body works, mind wanders. Forward in time, backward in time, remembering acquaintances that were exhaled long agoContinue reading “Juan”
The rain is coming
Went for a walk at the park yesterday. After quickly growing bored of the manicured lawns I hiked up the hill into the coastal sage. The seasons are backwards here. This time of year is like the end of winter in most places. Dormant, brown, death. The only green, those lucky few who happen toContinue reading “The rain is coming”
More the same than different
So different they are on the outside. They are individuals. They’ve got their own personalities, their own “stuff.” But truthfully, on the inside, I think they’re more the same than different.
A Reminder from Physics
“Sometimes people ask if religion and science are not opposed to one another. They are: in the sense that the thumb and fingers of my hand are opposed to one another. It is an opposition by means of which anything can be grasped.” Sir William Bragg, 1915 Noble Prize in Physics Dualities can create. WithContinue reading “A Reminder from Physics”
The glorious vocabulary of middle age
Saunter- A young man charges forward with gusto. Always running, if not in body then in mind. Moving forward, climbing the ladder, moving up; he desperately grasps at goals. He “works” his horses and keeps track of miles and time. As middle age sets in he realizes there is only one finish line and we are all guaranteed toContinue reading “The glorious vocabulary of middle age”
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