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I have been thinking about my youth from 7 years old to college. I work part-time these days at Cranes Pie Pantry and Restaurant with young people in high school, in their twenties, and a few of their mothers for the most part. I listen to them and think. The picture above shows me on the left and my younger sister, Kim, on the right. Gramma Peggy did not have much money but we would go…..
I thought I would explain the title of my book. The cover photo projects such a peaceful and approachable image of a pond and my daughter at about 8 or 9 years old. It was the perfect picture. I searched old photos and new on my computer. The original photo is of my daughter and a friend – I cropped it. The image of a little girl next to a pond on a beautiful day is…..
I thought I would write about something light and fun. I have not attended many concerts in my life but there is a small list. For the most part, I feel tickets are way too expensive. Unless you have money to throw way, over $100.00 plus fees is way too much. I have spend some money on Broadway shows that have come to Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo, Michigan. I have seen in recent years with…..
I thought it time for a little fun information. I was so serious through Lent. Talking about my teaching made me think about some fun incidents that involved large groups of students. The first one occurred at the Catholic school where I taught kindergarten and first grade. In the winter, the plowed snow mountains would pile high. There were seven teachers for kindergarten through sixth grade (one for each grade and about 120-140 students). Those of…..
One of my favorite verses and prophets: Within them I shall plant my Law, writing it on their hearts. –Jeremiah 31:33, The New Jerusalem Bible On this Holy Saturday, the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, I would like to talk about my choices. I have not gone back yet to the parish I left a year ago, but I have now went a few times to the parish I left 23 years ago. The latter…..
Hope and the Memory-Keeper (a musing) is on page 14 of By the Pond (stanza 3 in picture above and the whole poem at the end). This poem a melding of ideas, thoughts and issues of mine. Hope is a child hiding, and the memory-keeper has a divine origin in the poem. She a high ranking creature – a seraph. What they represent in reality are repressed memory and its protection. In my completely unprofessional opinion, the memory-keeper that stands…..
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