Downhill, hardly or “Peter Pan!” – August 5, 2022 When I was young, our family’s typical Sunday included a drive to Kaukauna to visit my maternal grandmother. My brother and I were usually expected to sit quietly on the couch
A Witness – 7/29/2022 The weather is threatening again today because of it being very hot and very humid and the expected convergence of both a warm and cold front later today. I thought maybe it was time to share
Deepened Truth – 7/22/2022 I caught the doe by surprise a couple of weeks ago. I had awoken earlier than normal. My wife refers to even to my normal rising time as ‘abnormal’. Night was melting quickly into daylight although
Evening Prayer – 7/15/2022 There is just a slight chop on the water as I slip into my kayak and push off of shore; it’s really just a little more than a ripple. Just an hour ago there were one-foot
Rockwelled – 7/8/2022 I know that he isn’t represented in the Louvre, but he does have artwork in the Smithsonian. He is certainly not highbrow, but I proudly claim Norman Rockwell is one of my favorite artists. The biggest reason
His Promise – Full Season (7/1/2022) This week the chicory started blooming – a sure sign that while the calendar says that season of summer is only a couple of weeks old, we really are now in full season. Many
Sun and Shade – 6/24/2022 Perhaps there is no starker example of immediate contrast than sun and shade. By immediate, I mean that they are so near to each other that you can literally step out of one and into
So Much Fluff – 6/17/2022 I noticed the bird perched in my backyard linden tree. Suddenly he plunged toward earth, his feet closed around his prey as he took it to the ground. No, this scene was not about the
Beauty – 6/10/2022 One of my wife’s favorite flowers is a yellow rose. We have a newly planted one in our yard. It was a retirement gift for her from the staff at Our Lady of Lourdes School where she
Next Step – 6/3/2022 This past week my youngest granddaughter, Molly, finally decided that she didn’t have to drop back down to her hands and knees to get across the room. She took her first “free range” steps, leaving behind
