LCB and I have an ability to act normal that we don’t always use. Oh, the stories we won’t but could tell. But I will tell you that one of our occasional pastimes is to go out on the beach after dark, plop a couple of beach chairs in the sand, and watch for Running […]
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Valentine’s Day Realities
This Valentine’s Day, our family is feeling all the loves that a family can feel while engaged in high fevers, sore throats, and hacking coughs. Sadly, there is little romance (or chocolate or fine wine) to speak of in these here parts today. So instead, I’ll leave you with a picture of what Baby-Girl thought, […]
Don’t Give Up the Ship
You’ve probably heard a version of the story of Captain James Lawrence, the American naval officer who, during a battle in the War of 1812, reportedly told his men “Don’t give up the ship!†as he lay dying of his wounds. In my opinion, this seems part glorious and part stupid, with the size of […]
Thoughts on the Sea #19
I sometimes think my vision of the sea is the clearest thing I own. Sylvia Plath For other thoughts on the sea, see #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, and #18.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Shadows
Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Just Keep Digging
When I was a child, I decided to dig a tunnel to China. Tales of the endeavor’s high failure rates had reached my ears, but I reasoned this was due to a lack of tenacity and perhaps to digging too close to the earth’s hot center. So if I just kept digging, I reasoned, and […]