Hello friends, sometimes the world seems too much with us, as the saying goes. Television, cable services, social media, even old-fashioned magazines and newspapers threaten to drown us in information. There’s no real solution, of course; the world will keep spinning. However, we do need to acknowledge that we can’t control everything, much less the […]
Now that Spring has truly arrived it is wonderful to see all the new season’s growth and returning beauty. By the Oconee there can still be cool morning fog, reminding me that life still has its mysteries no matter how much brain-power I use trying to understand it.
Hi friends, here is a somewhat odd poem for Easter. The Globe Tavern is a local Athens bar that hosts poetry readings. While I was there back in 2016, seeing a homeless person brought back similar memories at the Bar Blu in Italy. Happy Easter, and a reminder that Jesus’ lessons about kindness and helpfulness […]
Boom magazine here in Athens has a current issue devoted to people and their pets during the pandemic. Both my cats Max and Tony certainly know the comforting and soothing powers of a favorite pet. Here is a poem from my 2016 visit to MD Anderson Cancer Hospital in Houston. The tests were good, and […]
Hello, friends. This beautiful weather reminds us that Spring is a season of ever-renewing change. Even as the world still suffers from many ills and the continuing Covid-19 pandemic, our glance at the garden and the abundance of warm sunshine assures us that the turn of March weather will soon lead to the hope and […]