Last night I sat on the top of my father’s homeplace at a table in a wonderful establishment and was served dinner. People around me laughed and indulged in their own conversations while the bartender hurriedly made cocktails and merrily served the crowd. There were a few familiar faces and strangers with white hair muchContinue reading “Things Worth Remembering-A Piece of Hamilton Place History”
Tag Archives: Love
Then There Was, A Dog
Apparently, grief is not just reserved for humans. On around his tenth birthday, my best fur friend became gravely ill. He had been losing weight and I knew something was wrong and, in my heart, I also knew there was nothing I was going to be able to do about it. I do not wantContinue reading “Then There Was, A Dog”
Of Hills and Pigs
I have some amazing friends. Friends who have a genuine concern for me. And when I say friends, I mean family too who have behaved as friends looking out for My wellbeing. My growth. My happiness… and my joy. When you whittle it down to the word genuine… or sincere… that list becomes a smallContinue reading “Of Hills and Pigs”
Real Reality
Mercury in retrograde. What? Have you heard of this phenomenon? I have and I have been blaming it for everything lately. Dropping things. Turning over two very expensive gallons of paint that spilled nearly completely on my newly painted garage floor. Frustration. The underlying boil of anxiety. Must be Mercury’s fault. IIIIIII don’t know. AmContinue reading “Real Reality”
Growth Alone
Fifty one years. I feel like I’ve been trying to understand life for 51 years. Do we ever, really? I’m always seeking that one person who can define it or sum it up in few enough words to actually hold my attention. I will say that age brings something. I’m not sure if it’s wisdomContinue reading “Growth Alone”
One Thing Leads to the Next
Today is good Friday. Today I awoke again resurfacing from a dream with my Linda. It has stayed constant with me all day. I cannot shake the feeling it left with me. How strange are dreams that allow us these visitations and impart with us questions of what they mean. Am I left with theseContinue reading “One Thing Leads to the Next”
Chronicling Days Here
“How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on? In your heart you begin to understand… there is no going back. There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep…and have taken hold.” Frodo, Lord of the Rings Return of the King. InContinue reading “Chronicling Days Here”
Why Now, Achilles?
Recently we have been faced with more mountains to climb. My family lost a great son, brother, nephew, cousin and friend. Quite unexpectedly as he is too young and healthy to have been taken from us like that. His light was too good and pure. How can this possibly be? Another moment so glaringly outContinue reading “Why Now, Achilles?”
One Drop of Goodness
I want to tell you a story about mending fences. It’s a story directly about my Linda. If you think one person cannot change the world, you are wrong. He could. And he did. I cannot begin to imagine the number of lives he touched or changed for the better but I can tell youContinue reading “One Drop of Goodness”
The Reason
Twas the night before Christmas eve… and all through the house… not a creature was stirring except 3 Danes, a redbone hound lab and some kind of husky pittie mix. That’s all I got. I can still hear my Granddad reading that story as my mother recorded it for us so long ago. I’m notContinue reading “The Reason”
Previously Letters to Linda 