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Waiting to Fly from Charlotte to Kansas City – A Story from a Gentle Man Spanning Many, Many Years
A Story from a Gentle Man Spanning Many, Many Years He was a gentle man, a kind, soft-spoken, older, thoughtful man, with manners and a quiet grace. He was by himself. I had left the seat beside him at the airport gate about ten minutes earlier to use the restroom before we started...
Echoes of the Death of Jarrett, Our Infant Son
Echoes of the Death of Jarrett, Our Infant Son I created the piece below for inclusion in an electronic book of Memories/Testimonies for our 55th high school reunion and wrote of how I put it together in the introduction. The photo is of the crib, now in use by our family for 75 years, in which I...
A Happy, Spirited Four-Year-Old Beams Proudly as She Pushes Her Own Pram in a Video Recorded by Her Mother to Chronicle Their Day Out Together in Central Ukraine (New Second Posting) – Щаслива, енергійна чотирирічна дитина гордо сяє, коли вона штовхає власну коляску на відео, записаному її матір’ю, щоб записати їхній спільний день у Центральній Україні (Нова друга публікація)
A Happy, Spirited Four-Year-Old Beams Proudly as She Pushes Her Own Pram Щаслива, енергійна чотирирічна дитина гордо сяє, штовхаючи своїх *** (I previously published this posting in July 2022. As my readership in Ukraine has increased to second in national number, I came back to this one to add...
Understanding Will Come Unto You All your Life & You will be Blessed, a Shining Pearl among Those around You, & Your Hands will be Filled with More and More Good for Those with You & for Those to Come after You, Forever.
Understanding Will Come unto You All your Life The mind and thoughts of a young person are wondrous and complex, and rarely shared in full. There are so many things to gaze upon, consider, and understand – though understanding is a far-off thing, always still just out of reach for most of...
Behold the Little Boy with the Blue Chalk in His Hand with His Unpretentious Semi-Dirty Face – A Musing on Art
Behold the Little Boy with the Blue Chalk in His Hand with His Unpretentious Semi-Dirty Face Behold the little boy with the blue chalk in his hand. I know this boy, clever, perhaps precocious, but still a little boy in spirit and behavior, but with depth. He is at a park. He...
The Estate Sale
The Estate Sale *** Garage sale signs appear on the streets I traverse for my walks fairly frequently, especially during the months of nice weather – translated - not so blistering hot that no one in their right mind would ever appear. Estate Sale signs appear only occasionally, for “Estate...
February 4, 1947 – Went to the Trading Post & Bought Babies Crib & Mattress. Bought a Pair of Shoes, 3 Baby’s Vests, 2 Set of Babies Wash Towels.
Went to the Trading Post & Bought Babies Crib & Mattress. *** This year, I have been transcribing my mom's diary for 1947 month by month as a continuing Christmas present for my sisters. The title of this posting is a quote from my mom's diary entry for February 4, 1947. Every Sunday I...
Postcard Story – Night-Shining White (Detail) – Han Gan, Chinese – ca. 750 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(In Public Domain) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39901 Oldest Sister - 07/16/21 Night-Shining White …and as she studied the horse, Or better, wondered over it, For, yes, it was a horse, The form and features and movements were all there, But something else, she was sure, was...