REFRESH Today, after having postponed this appointment three times, I finally went for my annual checkup with the oncologist. I like my oncologist. He’s a very pleasant, easy-going, friendly guy. Low key. Not an alarmist. Sensitive and sensible. But, in the… Read More ›
Month: March 2016
PORTRAITS OF YELLOW TULIPS
My guy brought me yellow tulips. Romantic. Yellow. And then, time did to them what time always does to flowers …
THE GIBBS UPDATE
How fast time flies! It’s a day short of two weeks since we brought Gibbs home. Amazing how he has become part of the family. He was a little scared when he first arrived; he’s not scared now. Suspicious of strangers (probably… Read More ›
SPRING IS SPRUNG
Ode to Spring “Spring has sprung, The Grass has riz, I wonder where the flowers is? The little bird is on the wing, But that’s absurd! Because the wing is on the bird!” — A ditty by Unknown It will be near… Read More ›
THE LOST VOICE
VOICE At the peak of my child-raising years, I lost my voice. I went hoarse and stayed hoarse for months. When finally I realized it wasn’t a sinus problem or a lingering virus of some kind, I went to a… Read More ›
ALLEY, DRIVEWAY, PARKING LOT AND PATH – FUN FOTO CHALLENGE
CEE’S FUN FOTO CHALLENGE: ALLEYS, DRIVEWAYS, PARKING LOTS, DIRT ROADS This week’s topic is alleys, driveways, parking lots, and dirt. I have new material for this and a lot of archival pictures that apply. So many, in fact, that I’m… Read More ›
CHANGING PERSPECTIVE
Perspective. 1 Corinthians 11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see… Read More ›
REVEAL TO CONCEAL
REVEAL TO CONCEAL As much as we reveal in our blogging, we also intentionally conceal a lot. I’m sure it’s not just me. I prefer to not expose the rusting underbody of our lives to the world at large. I… Read More ›
“COMPOSE YOURSELF” GEOMETRIC PHOTOGRAPHY CHALLENGE
CEE’S COMPOSE YOURSELF PHOTO CHALLENGE: #19 GEOMETRY IN PHOTOGRAPHY Geometrical shapes and angles are literally everywhere. The way the horizon lines up with the sky and how the ocean’s shore angles in towards the beach … as well as every… Read More ›
A PRETTY GOOD PLUMBER, TOO
This isn’t a friendly town. People fraternize with the people who attend their church and seem to regard anyone else as potentially hostile. Of course we didn’t know that when we moved here. We knew that it was a very… Read More ›
“SOUL AND SPIRIT” HAS GONE SILENT
Rashmi Kashyap of Soul and Spirit has not been heard from since last December. I know her husband (who is in the army in India) was being transferred (again) and that the terrible flooding in the region affected many people,… Read More ›
LATE AFTERNOON SUNLIGHT – CEE’S ODDBALL PHOTO CHALLENGE
CEE’S ODD BALL PHOTO CHALLENGE: 2016 WEEK 13 I have a few interesting pictures for this week’s entry. It rained most of the week and The Cold That Never Ends left me with very little energy to venture out. There… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 