crates | November 13, 2008
I was watching two small children with their father at the coffee shop this morning. The tiny little girl reminded me of my daughter when she was small. When the father left he had the little girl on his arm and led the little boy by the hand. I began remembering when my daughter was [...]
crates | September 18, 2008
I got a call at work thirty minutes ago…my father said that my beloved mother and his precious wife left us at 9:40 pm CDT. She was surrounded by all her children (except me) and by almost all her grandchildren. I was not present because I thought I’d work a bit more to earn the money [...]
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 | 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 [...]