Four Days with a Friend

Four Days with a Friend

Friday for lunch? I ate leftovers at home. My Japanese food was still good. So were my memories of four days together with my friend Charlie Dawes. Eating leftovers reminded me what Dr. Dawes said through his words and how I continue digesting truth he declared. I am...
Living a Little Slower

Living a Little Slower

Most of us hurry through life. Rarely slowing down, we rapidly race from task to task, place to place, thing to thing.  I talk about this. I write about this. But I need to become so much better at slowing, at stopping, at pausing, at resting. Here are some...
Step by Step

Step by Step

Percussion. This morning I heard the tires on the road. Various vehicles, various speeds, various sizes, various stories. Tires turning over and over and over on the streets in various places. To work. Back home. Going. Coming. Percussion. My own steps taken at my...
Listening to Their Conversations

Listening to Their Conversations

Do you like to “listen in” as people around you talk? Maybe they’re at a table beside you in a restaurant. Maybe they’re in seats near you at a ball game. Maybe they’re in line before you at the grocery store. You won’t interrupt them. You...
The Number 12

The Number 12

What’s your favorite number? When did you select that number? Why is it your favorite? The number twelve has never been my favorite number. I’ve preferred eleven. Or one. Or ten. Or thirty-three. But now my mind is on number twelve. Why? My twelth book will be...