crates | September 13, 2008
At times it is almost overwhelming watching my father hold my mother’s hand and tell her that he has loved her since she was fifteen years old. This December they will have been married sixty-six years. My father will be 84 and my mother 83. She still will kiss you when you bend over to [...]
crates | August 17, 2008
Blackberries We were just friends when you tripped on the blackberry vine. I got to my knees beside you and Helped pick out the thorns, Putting your fingers in my mouth to Bite them out with my teeth. Then to make you laugh I fed you Sun-warmed blackberries Lying there in the grass, and Then I [...]
crates | July 12, 2008
I thought that I might put some of my poems in some of my posts. This is one: Reflection When you ponder the Calendar of your days, Do you recall the times Of strife, of betrayal, Of heartbreak? Or…do you recall the Quiet calm times filled With beauty and tranquility? Basho (Matsuo Kinsaku–ca. 1644-1694) was [...]
crates | June 29, 2008
I heard a person arguing that the Europeans had taught the North American Native Americans this practice, and although I had heard both sides to the question, I thought that I would look the question up just to satisfy my own curiosity. I’m sure you’ve heard it before: the North American indigenous people were taught [...]
crates | May 9, 2008
There are few things that really matter in this life. At the top of my list is family, and second are friends. I am of the sort that makes very few friends. I have seen many people that can make friends extremely easily. I have never done this. I am more of a [...]
crates | March 29, 2008
I just finished a biography of Einstein, Einstein, His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson. I really liked the book which showed aspects of his life of which I was unfamiliar. I was very impressed with Einstein’s child-like qualities, his idealism, his kindness and his wry, self-deprecating humor. Of course I knew he was a [...]
crates | March 11, 2008
I arrived back in the “great Northwest” last Saturday (Mar 8), after having my original flight canceled on Friday due to a snow storm. Yes, the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport had huge numbers of flights canceled because of a one inch snow fall…at least I think it was one inches. The snow plows were out [...]
crates | December 25, 2007
As I was gazing out of my bedroom window the other mornng, I happened to notice that the buds on the lilac bush had begun to swell and turn green. I realized that it was the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, and that henceforth the days would progressively get longer. I [...]
crates | October 9, 2007
My latest endeavor is to try and find a good pair of birding binoculars. I’ve pretty much settled on Swarovski binoculars because of their high quality. I can’t see spending money that would go for bills on such indulgences, but I can justify the expense by using Christmas and birthday money that I have thrown [...]
crates | October 4, 2007
Every May when the large rhododendron by the driveway begins to bloom, eventually producing this incredibly lovely display of pink blossoms that cover the entire plant, I begin to feel this tension. As I drive out every morning I stop and roll down my car window and look at the exquisite details in the pink [...]