No Buckets For Me

No Buckets For Me

A popular phrase lately is “bucket list.” This is a list of things we want to do before we kick the bucket. I do not like that term, bucket list, nor do I use it. To me, it is morbid. Not to you? Then, feel free. Why do I refuse to make a bucket list? […]

Dream Your Troubles Away

Dream Your Troubles Away

  We all have a dream–something that puts a spring in our steps and a gleam in our eyes. Dreams are those wonderful things as filmy as a spider’s web, as substantial as moonbeams, somewhere ahead of us, calling to us to follow, to pursue, to hope, to reach. We can spin dreams of the […]

Coming to Grips with Life

Coming to Grips with Life

Yesterday, I attended a funeral and it was, as funerals are wont to be, sobering and reflective, and a tribute to the one who had lived life and moved on. This was of a young man I had watched grow up. As I listened to the songs and heard the eulogy, I remembered long ago […]

When I Grow Too Old to Dream

We all have a dream–something that puts a spring in our steps and a gleam in our eyes. Dreams are those wonderful things as filmy as spiders’ webs, as substantial as moonbeams, somewhere ahead of us, calling to us to follow, to pursue, to hope, to reach. We can spin dreams of the straw of […]

Accepting Defeat as a Momentary Setback

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest– William McKinley. Defeat–we all experience it from time to time. We have a goal in mind, try to reach it, do our utmost to reach it and we fail. The important thing is to get up and try again. Maybe that was the wrong direction to […]

If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon

If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon

If You Stub Your Toe on the Moon is a very old song, recorded by Bing Crosby in 1947 and Frank Sinatra in 1949. It’s a song about trying to reach a dream, not quite getting there, but finding something else that is even more fulfilling. The point is to try. It was a great […]