If I haven’t written much this past week (and there’s no if about it) it’s partially because I’ve had a handful of longer days at the office, and I got a dog last weekend – Kimbrough. It’s been just over a week with the 55 lb, 3-year-old pit bull that came home with me. We’ve…
Temperature and Temperament
While my friends in Memphis are seeing high temperatures in the upper 50s, we’ve had bitter wind chills in the single digits. There have been morning walks with the dog when the wind was so biting that I was certain that this place was evil, or at the very least, intentionally mean-spirited, or perhaps Siberia….
Gus Burnside Kimbrough
Today I adopted a dog. He’s a 3-year-old pit mix. A rescue from Cincinnati who made his way to PA last week. He’s about as sweet as can be. He walks well on the leash, knows how to sit and stay and come, and is very affectionate. His name is Gus, but I’m thinking of…
A Brief Thaw
Last night I started on a short art project called kickstart your art. It’s a series of prompts and short videos intended to get you moving in the direction of creating art every day. My friend Stacy is doing it and suggested I join her. It’s a 10-day program consisting of 10 minutes a day….
Icing Over
Yesterday was President’s Day. The office was closed. It was overcast and cold, but uneventful. Following along on Twitter, the news out of Memphis, where I used to live, was all about the ice and snow that was crippling the city. They’re not set up for winter weather. I think the city has a total…
Stoicism with a Slight Chance of Hedonism
We’re supposed to get hit with some more snow this week. Initially, the call was for about 8 inches today and another 8 on Thursday. That call has been revised down to 3-4 inches for the first round and up to 10 inches for the second. I’m trying to adjust my attitude about the weather….
Happy Red Card, Flowers, and Chocolates Day
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.…But…
Starting Over (Maybe)
Today again I am hardly myself.It happens over and over. Mary Oliver “Reckless Poem” After my ramble about music and writing and memory, I spent a few minutes trying to capture with words the colors of snow at midnight – glowing against a cloudy purplish sky as if emitting its own pale light. In what…
A Good Ride
The mountains to the right with small house lights at the base and the cold of evening pressing in made it feel like tonight there were long roads to be traveled – roads that cut their way from here and through other towns and other dark skies – roads that passed people getting home or…
Now I Wait
I slept in until almost 8. It’s sunny but cold this morning. The car is covered in that white salt dust that accumulates while driving through Pennsylvania’s winters. Earlier, I passed a car wash where the line was seven or eight cars deep. I’m sitting in the parking lot at the emergency pet hospital waiting…
Not Ready (Still)
I’m no more ready to lose my buddy that I was yesterday. Despite a trip to the vet, I’m no closer to knowing what the issue is than I was last night. Nick, my cat, is still not eating, still kinda dazed, and now a little stand-offish. I know it was a rough day for…