by ST, May 2025 I remember when I was young my mom told us May Day was a time to bring flowers to loved ones and the low and lonely. She encouraged us to continue that tradition. I’m sorry that nowdays that seems to be largely forgotten. I still celebrate flowers on May Day: myContinue reading “May We Remember”
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To Live as if Dying
by ST, 2/16/2025 I recently heard the song “Live Like You Were Dying” by Tim McGraw. He said“I was in my early fortiesWith a lot of life before meAnd a moment came that stopped me on a dimeI spent most of the next daysLooking at the x-raysTalkin’ ’bout the optionsAnd talkin’ ’bout sweet time”I askedContinue reading “To Live as if Dying”
Faith & Science
by ST–May 2024 Enlightenment vs Faith in God The Enlightenment freed us from a superstitious belief in God as the explanation for whatever we don’t comprehend. Science can explain more and more, so we don’t have to fall back on God or the miraculous for an explication of things. Right? We understand the development ofContinue reading “Faith & Science”
A Mission
by ST I left your presence, Home, So short a time ago– O how could so much experience Be crammed in so short a space: A life within a life. I marvel as I look back– Am I much changed? The impressions are so deep, Will they be scars, or Wisdom’s wrinkles? And now IContinue reading “A Mission”
“And All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience”
by ST My childhood days are remembered a little faintly. Both happy times and foolish ways– I’d not return To re-live or change– I look forward, Even if a bit dubiously. Then came the years Of deciding what to be: Sampling enough of both good and evil Which fruits I tasted, I grew to knowContinue reading ““And All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience””
Seasons, Seasonings, Seasoned
by ST, revised May 2023 Seasons “He’s going through a stage,” is all that need be said, And so say they all Of all a child goes through: Innocence, importance, and impudence Are played and played again– By parts and turns–authority’s role Varies as protector, tyrant, friend. Seasonings Then learning, earning, and making, And stirringContinue reading “Seasons, Seasonings, Seasoned”
Wrinkles Aren’t Ugly!
by Susan Ternyey, 2008 The earth and life are full of wrinkles. And so what that they are? Wrinkles are beautiful! From a fairly featureless molten globe, masses of stone coagulated on the surface of our earth, cooled and hardened into rocky mountains that collided as they rode the boiling undercurrents of lower layers. SuchContinue reading “Wrinkles Aren’t Ugly!”
The Lute Player
by ST, mid 1980s I was a lute player I traveled along any road that I happened to happen upon, any road that happened to fit the day’s song. I was a lute player I had no abode I wandered wherever by whatever mode, and the lute that I carried was my only load. 1.Continue reading “The Lute Player”
School Daze
by ST, late 1980s With the beginning of a new school year, it’s a good time to think about what we want for our children in Life. In general terms, we want them to be happy and successful. Most of us don’t think that means they have to be brain surgeons or rocket scientists (unlessContinue reading “School Daze”
Sage
by ST, early 1980s A piece of Wisdom, A piece of the desert, matures in adversity of its own. Only a little of this seasoning much improves the flavor in a place where Life is dry as bone. Looking for sage alone for seasons one can roam in this wilderness of Life– but even sageContinue reading “Sage”
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