Bilbo’s Doilies

Remember in the most recent movie “The Hobbit” (if you happened to have seen it) how Gandalf admonished and even teased Bilbo about his inordinate concern for the use and condition of his grandmother’s doilies and elegant china? Bilbo had an unexpected flood of visitors whom he was trying as graciously as he could to … Continue reading →

Popeye Mellows

It was with chagrin that I realized that our hero Popeye the Sailorman no longer even eats cans of spinach! Since his retirement and in his continuing refinement he has switched over to bags of kale, which happens also to go well with Olive Oil. His favorite Bible verse has changed to “It’s not by … Continue reading →

The Busy MD

He receives so much mail not to mention email he can’t quite keep up with it all but what envelopes he hasn’t yet opened he carries with him for the right “down” moment. His secretary opens some of it of course but he knows from the look of it if it would be something she … Continue reading →

Three D Vision

Daniel Patrick Moynihan surely knew what he was talking about when he identified our society’s tendency to “define deviancy down.” (3 D vision) A case in point is one popular player for the Miami Heat known as “The Birdman.” Birdman has assumed the mantle of the relatively tame Dennis Rodman of decades past. He sports … Continue reading →

Birdsong Symphony

We know how the least little bird in the woods has its own song and must sing it. The Creator hears the sweet chirping totality of all the songs (small and great) of all the birds in all the woods as one grandly orchestrated and greatly variegated symphony ongoing… Continue reading →

Time Elastic

I have been impressed with the elasticity of time. How what seems a little bit of time can stretch out to such lengths, and what seems a long period of time up front can compress and fairly sail by! What determines this we know not other than to pose platitudes like “time flies when you’re … Continue reading →

A Telling Omission

When we neared the end of the Lord’d Prayer this morning perhaps I was hurrying when I says, “Lord GIVE us our trespasses ” instead of “FORGIVE us our trespasses.” OOPS! Don’t even like to think of which might be closer to the truth of what is really being asked. Continue reading →

Breakneck Pace

As the media emphasis shifts at breakneck speed to the Colorado fires or the latest calamities I can’t help but marvel at how quickly the Boston Marathon victims’ families and limbless survivors are forgotten, as well as the Oklahoma victims’ families and the now homeless in that area. You can be sure they will never … Continue reading →