Musings Blog

Classic Relationship Humor
Anybody in a long-term relationship can relate to this ……. On the passing of Sid Caesar. Enjoy!
Shifting Gears
Although I’ve driven automatic transmissions for a couple of decades, I have fond memories of driving a stick shift, moving up and down through the gears, ideally through hairpin turns in the mountains. Back in the day, I even enjoyed downshifting in city traffic approaching a stop sign. When the opportunity arises these days to…
Focus
We visited Barcelona and southwest France this Spring and had a marvelous time. Once back home, I would start off regaling friends with a tale like this, “Well, it was a wonderful trip that started off a little rough, as we were picpocketed of our main debit card on leaving the airport.” I would go…
A Matter of Trust
We adopted our cats, Chico and Uno, as kittens from the Atlanta Humane Society, over a year ago. We think of them as brothers but they came from opposite sides of the adoption room, meeting for the first time when we let them out of their boxes in our home. Not only did they have…
Fulfillment
A bird took up residence in a bucket on a woman’s porch. Her heart went out to this fragile creature. She carefully moved the bucket to provide more shelter for her feathered friend. Then, suddenly, her beloved dog gulped down the bird, and, that was that. She felt sadness, of course, yet acceptance for the…