Sometimes when we are out living our life, we run into someone or something that brings back a memory or emotion that seemed to be in a forgotten place. Maybe it's someone you went to grade school with, and you run into them at the super market. Maybe you pass back through a town and suddenly realize you had more experiences there, than you realized. The memories become more visceral and tangent. The randomness, as well, is intriguing. Why that memory, or that experience, or that person? Does...

My Neighbor 'Liberty', (not her real name, its something in Greek, and we cant pronounce it, so she makes it easy and is called that...her hubby calls her Rea, so he doesnt have to say her full name either LOL), took a tumble on the ice on Sunday.

My Wife took her to the Emergency Room shortly aterwards, and they took all kinds of X-rays and said she had a bad bruise!

Well, a few days and she wasnt gettin any relief, even from the vicodin that the Doctors prescribed,...

I cannot stand this snow and it seems like it is dumping more and more everyday . Im so scared Im going to slip and fall on this mess it is not funny . Im so glad Im moving down to the south and where it is warm hopefully even this time of year ....I might venture out and take some photos later on if I feel brave enough . Im sure not venturing out in 16 or 19 degree weather and for sure that is cold beyond cold . Oh well I am jealous of all of you who are spending your day in the warm sunshine ....can...

FROM the forests and highlands
We come we come;
From the river-girt islands
Where loud waves are dumb
Listening to my sweet pipings. 5
The wind in the reeds and the rushes
The bees on the bells of thyme
The birds on the myrtle bushes
The cicale above in the lime
And the lizards below in the grass 10
Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was
Listening to my sweet pipings.

Liquid Peneus was flowing...

One evening, I was doing dishes, and looking out the kitchen window. From my vantage point, I was looking at the corner of the property, where a telephone pole sits, maybe 30 to 40 feet from me. I noticed a line of spider webbing that ran maybe 15 feet up the pole and came down at an angle to touch a 3 foot fence post, a few feet away.

My first thought was, "That is a long strand of spider web!" Then I questioned myself because from the distance I was standing, I shouldn't...