Spark and Spitfire

Inexorable Sunset

Inexorable Sunset

As we grow older we must learn to accept our “steady diminishment.”

Used Up and Spent?

Used Up and Spent?

After 10 weeks away, I returned to my beloved farmland. It wasn’t the same. But what wasn’t I seeing?

SURGICAL LESSONS — RESOLVE!

SURGICAL LESSONS — RESOLVE!

The stages of recovery from a tough surgery take time to go through, but perhaps in the end, you have renewed resolve to move forward.

SURGICAL LESSONS — PLAY!

SURGICAL LESSONS — PLAY!

When chronic pain hits, brain fog descends. What do you do when you can’t concentrate?

SURGICAL LESSONS — LAUGH!

SURGICAL LESSONS — LAUGH!

Laughter is the best medicine . . . unless you’re constipated, or worse, you have to use a medical toilet; or worse — are you kidding me? — there’s nothing worse.

SURGICAL LESSONS — ENDURE!

SURGICAL LESSONS — ENDURE!

You learn many lessons following a tough surgery; lessons that teach you how to better ENDURE, LAUGH, BELIEVE, PLAY, WORK and RESOLVE. Today’s surgical lesson: ENDURE!

Winter Wander Land

Winter Wander Land

Nature always listens, but in winter it seems to listen more deeply.

Freeze the Day!

Freeze the Day!

When it comes to sub-freezing temperatures, I am the frozen one, thanks to water pipes that chronically freeze.