Found in the waiting

Found in the waiting

I don’t deal well with pain. For the rare headache, I keep pain pills on hand. For tooth pain, I know a dentist who’ll find a solution. For a cold or the flu, well, there are pills, too.  For nerve pain, a different doctor and a different Rx. For a badly sprained...
Anybody know what time it is?

Anybody know what time it is?

I remember, at the beginning of each year in High School, how good it felt to have the class schedule written out so that, when the bell rang, you’d know what subject was next, and where you had to go. That change of classes took careful planning, as we had designated...
Prodigal Daughter

Prodigal Daughter

This week, we learned of an altercation between a dear young lady and her father. The heated encounter caused the daughter to quit her job at their family owned business, saying she never wants to see her father again. Those few moments of words exchanged ended with a...
Questions, questions, questions!

Questions, questions, questions!

Many years ago, history-blasé me happened upon a book whose genre set a direction for my pleasure reading which lasts to this day: Exodus, by Leon Uris, was that book. I happily discovered historical fiction – a novel set accurately in history, mentioning real...
Wasn’t expecting that!

Wasn’t expecting that!

culture: the customary beliefs and social forms of a group used to interact with one another and transmitted across generations through learning, values, language, and habits. We all grow up in a culture. It’s what we think of as normal, what we’ve always known....