Month: June 2025
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Shake Down
The weather is beautiful today. I sat on the porch for a while listening to music and drinking protein. There’s a man in the neighborhood with a riding lawnmower. He drove it from the block on the opposite corner of the streets and onto my neighbor’s lot. He proceeded to mow about half of the…
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Ethereal Sleep
I didn’t go to bed until 3am. Ether really wanted to be next to me when I did. I usually roll back and forth to get comfortable. The spot he picked allowed me to do that and he didn’t mind this time. I bet that sounds weird, but he is an awesome cat. My sleep…
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Loud Noises
This morning there was a knock on the door. I was half asleep but it was firm and insistent. I got up and one of the brothers from church was calling. We talked for about an hour. Well I talked, he’s a better listener than I am. I let him know how our lives are…
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Library
We have more books than I could read in a lifetime. I’m in the middle of three or four books right now. It occurred to me that I also have a new translation of the Quran to get through. So I look at our library with a sort of melancholy resignation that some of the…
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Pride and Judgement
I am a judgmental person. No one seems to care. I do not have authority over anyone. I can judge all I want and most of the time people just ignore it. I am not proud. I don’t really expect the world to care. I reject infinite worth and that leaves me feeling rather worthless…