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Every May 10 since Mom and Dad died, I do the same thing. I observe their wedding anniversary -- today, the 74th. And I reflect on the beginning of my life, my conception. You see, I was born exactly nine months and two weeks after the day they were married. Do the math! As a friend remarked, “You were wanted.” Pause. “Or you were a surprise.” I dare to think I was a fulfillment. Between May 1952 and February 1953, Mom and Dad went so quickly from being individu

Aging is an experience that is both universal and unique. As part of the mortal human community, we all take a journey from birth through life until death. Asks a blogger whose work I follow, “What is Aging but life itself?” (Jon Katz’s blog entry 3/7/21 on BedlamFarm.com ) As unique individuals, we approach Aging in ways that no one else ever has, or ever will. We can be anywhere and everywhere along the continuum that has Dylan Thomas’s famous lines of poetry on one e

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... into this simple scene: A little girl is sitting at the kitchen table, watching her father closely as he sets about carving the holiday turkey. She is mesmerized by the entire process, which begins with him sharpening a long slender knife against what she has learned is called a “whetstone”. She wonders if that word has anything to do with whetting an appetite; she recently learned that word too. Her father does the sharpening with a flourish, then puts the stone asid

... of my watercolors are included in the online exhibit "Upside-Down Kingdom" presented on the website GodLovesArt.com , which is a very imaginative global community dedicated to ministry through the arts. Please take a look!