What Crosses My Mind

  • Happy Family

    It’s Christmas eve. I’m going to consciously not watch the news today. I slipped a little bit and read a post on Facebook that speaks to our current turmoil, but that will be it, just a couple glances at social media. In the meantime I’ll try to focus on what this day means to me.…

  • Now, Starts My Day

    Deciding upon how we begin our morning is sometimes an easy decision. We wake into a wonderful day outside, excited about putting on our favorite sweaters in the fall temperatures. We can stay in our pajamas and drink coffee in the morning. Or, we might roll over in bed, and sleep for a few hours.…

  • Been A Couple Of Days

    I can’t help but feel confused. I’ve been reading headlines, searching for insight, trying to meddle through all of the public reaction to the Kirk assassination. I’ve read plenty of accusations attributed to the left and the right. Does it matter that I said left before I did right? Would the other way around matter?…

  • Innocence Lost and Assault Weaponry. The Children.

    It’s been nearly two weeks since two children were murdered along with countless gun shot wounds to additional children while attending prayer at their first day of school in Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis.  One of the injured, a young girl, remains in critical care, fighting for her life. I’ve been trying to…

  • PTSD – The Children

    When I was twelve years old, I lost my cousin. He was five months younger than me. We were close. I didn’t really understand what was happening when we drove to his home for the memorial service. The funeral was held in his catholic elementary school church. I remember the whole weekend trying to piece…

  • Silent Sky In Moonlight

    Watch silent the sky in the midnight glow. Walk alone in the night, we seem to know. When the stars align would we wish to go. Another place other than here we know. Sixty four years later, now does it show. One time ago, I wouldn’t care to know. A thought keeps unfolding that I…

  • Be A Racist, It’s Ok, It’s 2017

    I walked into a nightmare today, names were dropped, words were tossed, I couldn’t get past an, an, an, an, omission of a hopeful anomaly, that turned awful, horrific, debatably ludicrous, seemed we were all so frivolous, funny, fanatics. Seemed we were all lost in the comfort of our WHITE PRIVILEGE! White privilege regarded itself,…

  • Where Is My Window

    When looking for a foothold, the chance of a bargain certainly eats away integrity as might be imagined.   While walking one evening, it did suddenly dawn on me, in a rise of agony, how disturbing is loss.   Perhaps one day when right an adage so often felt to emote would be my saving…

  • The Hypocrisy of Faith

    Steeped in idol trepidation, an iconic stature, a reasonably moral conclusion, yet, a stark reminder is when we choose to know our side.   Which side, whose side, why should we decide what favor we rely upon to gather strength, when choices made, become the standard bearer, the party favorite.   Words bandied about, tribalism,…

  • While Digging

    With a mental spade in hand, I broke ground in a volatile land.   It is the sort of tale we often forget, when suddenly life simply won’t relent.   I crossed over into a forgotten meadow, only to find I’d still carried a shadow.   There is a reality in knowing the right word…