1 minReprogramming the PastI would like to go back in time and tell myself things I wish I had known. It’s not possible, but it would be nice, We each have the...
2 minOld Violin with a PastI bought my wife an old violin, a really old violin. It was handmade in 1779 by a Richard Duke. At one time it was owned by a member of...
3 minReaching BackReaching back into the past fulfills a need to connect with the history that makes us who we are as we move forward into the future. We...
1 minForgiving the PastIt’s easy to forgive and forget the acts of some people from our past. I find it easiest to forgive my childhood peers. I hope they find...
1 minPlaces Farther AwayPlaces farther away seem farther in the past, even if they are not. My son Blake and I were talking about some times we had while living...
1 minStuffed With StuffI spent some time in a four story antique mall today. The place was stuffed with stuff. Stuff to hang on the wall, to place on the shelf,...
2 minA Sunny Sunday AfternoonOn Sunday afternoons my wife practices her cello and I usually take a walk to my favorite downtown coffee shop to write. We live in the...
2 minUnited Negro College FundI grew up as a little white kid in a family of bigoted fools. But I believed the slogan in ads the United Negro College Fund ran, which...
3 minGroovy Guru has Another Weird DreamI dreamt that I was dining at a table with a king, two princesses, and a queen. The table was set in a camp, close to the King's tent -...
2 minUnzip the PastWhen I am somewhere that I lived once, I sit still and think back on past experiences there. The air around me starts to vibrate with...
1 minA Bug HugI spent a moment going back in time this morning. I sat in my favorite place by the pool surrounded by a cool breeze and some soft...