In the year 2021 people will be able to go into a phone booth and make a telecall where you can see the other person on video. No — even better — phones will be so portable that you can make a video call from wherever you are — anyone can, not just Dick Tracy.Continue reading “Prognostico the Great predicts the future, circa 1969”
Category Archives: gratitude
a sky is full of reasons
I think a sky is full of reasons to look up. I think there is no end to up and stars go on forever. I think a world of possibilities is a lifetime. I think the more I think the less I see. I think looking up shows all the reasons to hope. I thinkContinue reading “a sky is full of reasons”
Zola and a parting of souls
It’s a once-in-a-lifetime shot, a moment of joy captured by an inexpensive camera that had no business taking a photo this precious — Willow The Best Dog There Is™ and her cousin Zola romping with wild abandon across a field. I took a lot of photos that day, most of them blurs or pictures ofContinue reading “Zola and a parting of souls”
The good common sense of the Sabbath
“Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy.” Six days of work, and then rest. I encountered the article that Anne Helen Petersen used as the basis of her book Can’t Even: How Millennials became the Burnout Generation, and something about her descriptions of burnout sounded, well, a little like me. I am not a millennial.Continue reading “The good common sense of the Sabbath”
All things lead to hope
There it is again. Here it? A spark of life, and where life is, there is hope. The ruins of yesterday can be rebuilt. The harsh edges may be smoothed over. The debris and the wreckage can be cleared away and replaced by new, glistening structures built on a foundation of love and peace. TheContinue reading “All things lead to hope”
Nothing’s the matter
“What’s the matter?” Red asked when she made a 4 a.m. pit stop and saw me sitting in my office writing in my journal. “Nothing’s the matter,” I said. “I just couldn’t get back to sleep.” And it was true. Yes, I’d given up trying to go back to la-la land after 15-20 minutes ofContinue reading “Nothing’s the matter”
These difficult times ain’t
We laughed at the sixth or seventh TV ad, all of them for different products or services, all of them nearly identical, and we haven’t stopped laughing. They start with a somber solo piano … and then the announcer says … “In these difficult times …” “We’ll get through this …” “… because we’re allContinue reading “These difficult times ain’t”
The return of book-books
Once upon a time books and recordings were physical things you held in your hands. When you wanted to watch a movie at home, you took your copy of the film and slid it into a device that showed it to you. Books were even easier. You picked them up and started reading. Nowadays ebooksContinue reading “The return of book-books”
Glad … for a good laugh
An unexpected laugh is always on time. I’ve been moving through Lucy Maud Montgomery’s delightful novels about Anne Shirley Cuthbert Blythe, starting with the best-known, Anne of Green Gables, and following our heroine as she grows to adulthood and now motherhood. I bought the eight-pack of paperback novels and a six-pack of audiobooks via AudibleContinue reading “Glad … for a good laugh”
Beside herself with gladness
The first print-on-demand copy of the new book arrived yesterday, and it turned out nicely if I say so myself. I put this photo of Willow on social media with the caption, “Yeah, yeah, I’m on the cover. I’m sleeping here.” The book is 60 quick hits of encouragement, most of them first seen rightContinue reading “Beside herself with gladness”
