If we teach kids that people are made in God’s image, each a unique individual to be treated with care and respect, then we teach them to be gentle and loving and caring. If we teach kids that people are squishy targets and it’s fun to blow them away, then we teach them something else.Continue reading “Every life is precious”
Category Archives: Just sayin’
The (possibly) last cat
The cat enters the room while I’m scratching out some thoughts in my journal. She has some comments to make about how breakfast appears to be slow in arriving, then sets to licking her coat over by the door. The sole survivor of our cat posse that surged to seven in 2007, she has seenContinue reading “The (possibly) last cat”
The times they are ridiculous
It’s been eight years since I posted this on Facebook in April 2014. There’s an old Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times.” I’m not sure about interesting, but I’m beginning to think we live in ridiculous times. I watch the social media go by, and I watch the politicians do their dance, andContinue reading “The times they are ridiculous”
Time goes by in a flash, except it doesn’t
Today is the 100th day of 2022. April 10, 2022. I remember when 2022 was the far-distant future. Heck, if I lived to 2022, I’d be closing in on my 70th birthday. Are you kidding me? Come on, I remember watching 2001: A Space Odyssey and thinking it was about the far-distant future. If youContinue reading “Time goes by in a flash, except it doesn’t”
About that face
I pulled a guitar off the wall Saturday morning for the first time in many a moon and spent a few minutes re-familiarizing myself with the beast. It was only a few minutes because after so long a time, my fingers tired fairly quickly. I did, however, morph from a cautious plunking of “Twinkle TwinkleContinue reading “About that face”
Ironic ain’t it
He took a deep breath. “Here goes nothing,” he said. “You got that right,” she said. “What?” “How long have I known you?” she said. “You always say, ‘Here goes nothing,’ and that’s what comes out. Nothing ever comes of it.” “Now, that’s just mean,” he said. “Not intentionally,” she said. “All I’m saying isContinue reading “Ironic ain’t it”
After the climax
“What now?” After what had just happened, the question — a quiet explosion from somewhere in the back — seemed out of place. Wasn’t that enough? Did something else have to come next? But it was a good question. Everything was going to be different now, and the difference would be profound. What now? WhatContinue reading “After the climax”
Warren Bluhm 