Hello again! I guess I’ve been strangely quiet the last two years, talkative fellow that I am. I intend to summon my muse and get to blogging again, just in case you’ve missed me. It’s not that I haven’t written anything or had tons of thoughts. But the Vid years have tended to make me grumpy …
Calm Waters
As I type this, the full results of the November 2020 election are unknown. But one thing does seem clear. There was neither a blue wave nor a red wave. I regard that as a good thing in that I think it gives us an opportunity to do better as a society. We are sometimes …
Experts, Public Policy and Private Choices
Covid-19 has mentally exhausted us. One of the reasons this is so is because it has highlighted the difficulty in how we regard experts. Obviously, we would be very wise to listen to experts when they speak from their fields of expertise. For instance, medical doctors are not merely self-proclaimed experts nor is their expertise something …
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Angels
I must say, I’ve never seen an ethereal creature with visible wings. And while I’ve heard some wonderful singing voices, I have never heard a concert by a heavenly host. But I have met a few angels. The first time I knew I met an angel was when I lay paralyzed in my hospital bed …
Young Men See Visions
Something woke me from a deep slumber. Startled, I sat upright in my bed. And then I saw him. Max looked healthy and that made me happy. He came toward me, carrying a glowing ball in his mouth. He had a slightly sad look on his face. But, then again, that was his normal look. …
More February’s Please
February is an odd month. It can be as cruel as any winter month. And after January burned off much of the early winter joys of fresh snow and hot chocolate, sometimes we can do little more than endure February. Yet, most February’s, there is also a glimmer of hope if we watch for it. …
Hearing Things
I think I’ve heard at least half the deer I’ve shot before I saw them. The walking cadence, the snap of a twig or even brushing against grass gave them away. It’s important to be listening and attentive in the deer woods. However, there is more listening to be done than just trying to …
The False Ethic of Pretty
I like swamps. Swamps are not eye catching so no one brags about how pretty their swamp is. But they are beautiful. We humans like pretty things. So we manicure the shoreline of our lakes and dump roundup to rid them of any vegetation except Kentucky blue grass. Then we weed wack in the adjacent …
Diving Deeper
I’ve written before in my blog about going through a parent’s things, deciding what to keep and what to part with. Much of the process is tedious. My folks grew up during the Great Depression. They kept stuff. Just in case. A lot of that stuff was still there, decades later, for me to toss …
Nickels
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring The above line is from Gandalf of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. I know he’s a fictional character but Gandalf always seemed like a pretty …
reflections of a flawed man 