Moonlight Playing Upon the Lamp on My Nightstand & When I Could Not See the Milky Way *** Upon my nightstand rests a lamp which at first glance the base might resemble a crystal cut vase - which it certainly isn't - but rather it may be a Target or Walmart molded glass base with a cheap thin...
By Following In the Footsteps of Children... *** We May Find Wonder Behold the Boy Behold the little boy on his own. He wanted to go ahead. He wanted it to do it on his own by himself, climbing the steps - a high flight of stairs compared to his size - without knowing what was above, until he...
When I Open the Kitchen Curtains, I So Enjoy Watching the Golden Sunlight Play upon the Hills - Sunday, April 26, 2026 *** In the morning, but especially on Sunday, when I open the kitchen curtains, I so enjoy watching the golden sunlight play upon and bathe the hills to the north of us in a...
An Art Musing - A Thanksgiving Portrait of a Grandson in Yellow *** This photo I cherish, taken more than a decade ago, was a quick snapshot of one of my young grandsons I just happened to glance at as I was taking photos of the rest of the room crowded with family for Thanksgiving. For there, in...
*** After a while, My Eyes Turned Back to the Driver, Perhaps to Ask Something, but I Stopped from Speaking Because the Driver was Gently Wiping a Tear from Her Eye – A Gesture Tender and Meaningful, Dimming all Prior Images and Thoughts of Her into this One Gesture *** In Jersey City, on that...
Christmas Ornaments Upon the Tree & Their Roots and Reflections Within Us In November 2021, I posted about the first Christmas after our daughter and family moved from Los Angeles, about four years earlier. (See RESOURCE SECTION at end of post.) When they moved - unfortunate and sad for us,...
Ronald J. Baker - February 19, 1947 - April 25, 2025 - A Close & Cherished Friend, a Soulmate, Who I Miss Very Much *** Foreword In 2017, Ron's wife, Laurie, was planning a big shindig for Ron's 70th birthday. It was going to be on February 1, and I was not going to be able to attend, as I had...
In the Home Depot Parking Lot, a Young Man with His Phone in His Hands, Watched Something in the Sky Moving Above Him and He Took Pictures. I Looked Up. The Late Afternoon Sky Was Alive with Flocks of Birds. He Said He Loved Watching Birds. *** The refrigerator/ freezer in our garage stopped...