It’s Not All Doom and Gloom…

I was looking back at the last few entries I’ve made (something I don’t do all that often for some reason), and I was struck, though not all that surprised, by the gloomy nature of them.  So I feel obligated to note that, predominantly, I’m a really happy person.  I guess I’ve just been on [...]

Thanksgiving…

It’s tough.
Tough like nails
Hammered…
Into our thoughts…
our hearts… at every turn.
Both literal and metaphor
Words flood our ears and eyes.
Death, disease, famine, murder…
But from what?
Glowing boxes that tell you how to live.
Complete strangers with perfect hair.
Messages from the air
Riding invisible rails with direct flights,
right into our homes.
Exploiting comfort and calm.
Wasting quiet minutes
burning time and breath
with video of [...]

On trust…

It struck me on our trip two weekends ago out to Black Mountain NC (documented in STUNNING detail on tadandmel.com), how much trust came into play. It was almost as if something way beyond any of us was sending a little bit of a signal, not an overbearing one mind you, but a subtle [...]