Category Archives: Ruminations

It is a wonderful thing to have a dream: a vision of your life and what you want it to be will get you through hard times, it will encourage you and give you strength; it will help you to … Continue reading →

With all due respect to Bobby MeFerrin’s hit song, somethimes it just isn’t that easy. I got to thinking on this the other day when I saw a news artcile about a class that helped to re-train people to “think … Continue reading →

I’ve only recently heard of the deaths of two friends. Neither was a close friend, and I had fallen out of touch with both of them, so I hadn’t heard of either’s passing until well after the fact. As it … Continue reading →

There is an expression I heard, many, many years ago; I have oft repeated it myself, mostly after observing a young child bouncing off the walls, or a teenager waxing rhapsodic over plans for the weekend. It goes: "Why is … Continue reading →

I’m not sure why this song stuck with me over the years, but whenever the weather begins to turn, I find California Dreaming rattling around in my head. I suppose I once enjoyed the tune, but it’s been rattling around … Continue reading →

I found myself facing a few uncommitted hours this weekend, and of course, all the things that I have been procrastinating over during the week came immediately to mind: I have a story in the works that is in dire … Continue reading →