My usual morning walk route takes me past a significant stretch of restored prairie. The big blue stem grasses stand a full six feet tall. Walking on the road I am high enough to look out over acre upon acre.
I remember playing hide and seek as a youngster. Whoever was “it” had to count off to the designated number and once there, had to yell out “Ready of not; here I come!” Of course, if you weren’t ready, meaning
These past few weeks there has been is a good-size slash of deep purple on the backside of a section of split-rail fence in my backyard. My brother Tom would have described the color as ‘passionate purple’. The vocal color
Things that go bump, or maybe not, in the Night – 8/19/2022 Summer and camping went together in my family. In fact, camping was the only kind of summer vacation I ever knew in my childhood. If you would have
The Diddle Pole – 8/12/2022 I looked for it the other day, even though the August temperature was pushing 90 degrees. It was where it should be – in a bucket with other ice fishing gear, appropriately shoved in a
SET THE EARTH ON FIRE I have to admit that when I read today’s readings in preparation for this column my spirit groaned within me. Over the years I have not spent any time meditating on this particular gospel passage
