today

“Life is short, live it.  Love is rare, grab it.  Anger is bad, dump it.  Fear is awful, face it.  Memories are sweet, cherish it.” – Unknown Author Today reminds me of ice cream cake and wet dog kisses. Its…

Old Testament- of time

Today, as I drove into work, the radio was reminding us of the passing of the last man on the Enola Gay, who in 1945 dropped the “little boy” nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. He said, “The Japan of that day was not the Japan…

willy-nilly

A photography group advised their participants to BEWARE the “Willy Nilly” approach of flitting from one subject to the next to make sure we’ve shot everything. It’s natural to feel a sense of urgency, if we don’t think we will return to…

rattling

It’s a sound you recognize instantly. The rapid rat a tat tat tat of a rattle snake’s tail. I saw one up close and personal recently. It caught me totally off guard. The idea of a snake hadn’t crossed my…