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It’s all good in the big top

It’s all good. That was the comment and the commitment. It was said almost matter of factly.  It’s all good. It was said at a moment in time when anyone else would have said anything but that. It was a challenging moment. It was a time when it would be easy to turn away and […]

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It’s impossible not to dream

It’s Impossible.  For some reason that song always was played by my dad when I was growing up. It was one of the few albums he bought that he would play on the little mono record player in the corner room up the stairs, at the end of his 12 hour work day. It was […]

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A child, a walker and a song

I saw him out of the corner of my eye. He was using a walker to get from the front door to his table in the restaurant. The younger woman with him was trying to help him but she seemed uninvolved.  It appeared to be the chore of the moment.  He just looked so sad […]

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Rain, a bridge and the ride

The Harley made its way over the mountain range and I got to shelter just before the lightning, thunder and rain got serious. The shelter was a bridge underpass. Just sitting on the incline watching the rain seemed to cleanse so many things. I guess it is the simplicity of it all that always attracts […]

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The Last Cool Car You’ll Ever Own

The last cool car. That’s what we called it. We know it is just a car. But there are so many choices. There are so many reasons to go sensible. Especially with the price of gas. And then you go with the last cool car that you will own. Have you ever done that. Left […]

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Keeping Your Passion Present

As we stood on the cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur I felt the power of the moment. The storm was approaching. The power was lost. The roads were damaged. Cars could not get in or out. Therefore the food was getting scarce. We were told the army helicopters were coming in to […]

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