There’s a proverb, according to the Aramaic translation, which reads: “A house is built by wisdom and by understanding it is entirely put in good order. And the inner chambers are filled by knowledge with every possession, honor, and delight.” But it’s not brick and motor, cabinets and furniture, or trinkets of one kind or […]
Letter: I Love You To The Moon And Back
The night drew on. Darkness descended like a quilt and lay softly, a breeze gently rustling among the leaves that soon would carpet the ground in their Autumn beauty. The view from the window revealed a world slowly disappearing into a shadowless gloom. Restless, he turned away from the scene beyond the shutters, lost in […]
Letter: “I Was There With You On The Mountain”
There is no reception in the mountains. If you go there, for the most part, you are alone. That’s why you go. To be alone. Near the start of the trail, there are couples strolling, families sauntering, and tables on which the contents of picnic baskets are spreading. And there is the occasional solo hiker […]
Letter: “Mom, There Are Airplanes”
Once upon a time – and truth be told this story that follows happens time and time again because life, and love, and loss happens – there was a beautiful woman who was sad and despairing following the death of the love of her life. Meanwhile, miles and miles, impossible miles, far, far away in […]
Letter: Beauty Is Found In Simplicity
If you are very quiet, treading softly, watching carefully, listening closely, you may come around a bend in the trail and hear the low, cooing hum of the mother sooty grouse – appropriately called given its intricate camouflage – calling, scolding really, for its twin little ones to please report to their mother – as […]
Letter: Fairytale Moments, Magical Places
One of the fun things my wife and I loved to do was take the next road off to the left or to the right, the three criteria being that the road was (a) a country road; and that (b) we had enough gas to get to wherever the road was leading, and back; and […]
Letter: My 100th Mile
They’re alive, the forests are, the rivers, the mountains, the streams. Something is out there, a connection, an experience like no other. As a ‘setting’ describes that which will hold a precious stone or gem – like a diamond in a wedding ring – forests are settings which hold precious memories of life, and love. […]
Letter: First Day of School – The Dream Continues
As our grandson prepared for his first day of Kindergarten some years ago now, in contemplation of the Big Event he said to his daddy “Wait! Does this mean I won’t be able to play all day anymore?” And now it’s our youngest’s turn. She will exchange her sword for a crayon, her fairytale princess […]
Letter: We All Live, and Laugh, and Love, in the Same Language
As my wife and I approached the border into Tijuana, our van threading the barricades at the checkpoint, both of us, and all the members of our youth group seated behind us for that matter, had the same question. “No sé dónde está el baño?” Later, I would ask that question again, this time of […]