“How are you?” I asked the cashier. I had picked up a few items at the grocery store and was checking out. “I am very well,” she replied. “I am alive and I have a job. That’s a lot to be thankful for.” We didn’t have the time to talk more but I left there … Read more
He just could not get past it. The tragic event happened a hundred years ago. He wasn’t there but it had happened to his ancestors so he carried the torch for them. It seldom came up in conversation but was never far away from his thoughts and always affected his attitude. It colored everything that … Read more
James and Dan have been friends for more than forty years. They had met in college where James was a student and Dan a dean. Dan left the college and moved to a distant city before James graduated, but they stayed in touch and over time their friendship deepened. Phone calls were more frequent than … Read more
They usually arrive in the deepest darkest days of winter. Their appearance signals the message that the days will indeed brighten, clouds will give way to sunshine, and long nights will be pushed back by longer days. What are “they?” They are seed catalogs, those colorful paper promises of better times just ahead. They bring … Read more
The year was 1972 and we were as poor as Job’s turkey. Sue and I had made a lengthy trip to the northern edge of the Navajo Reservation and found ourselves in Kayenta, Arizona. It was well past dinner time and we were hungry. In those days we struggled to survive on less than $250 … Read more