I love a rainy day. I love a rainy night. There is no bad rainy day. Is it a weekday? Are you at work? Be glad you’re stuck inside. Is it a day off, a Saturday or Sunday? Take advantage of the rain to get something done inside you’ve been putting off. Straighten up the garage. Read a book. Watch …
I Love Monday
This might sound crazy to some people, but I love crickets. To be more accurate I should say their chirping. I always sleep near a partially open window whether it’s ten below or ninety degrees outside, and I find it so restful to listen to “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,” as Mozart might have put it. (Actually, he did put it.) Outside …
I Love Monday
I’ll tell you something I truly love: clouds. Their variety in shape and color is virtually infinite. They are beautiful. They give us shade. In cold weather, a cloudy night helps keep us warm. Added to all that and more is their most vital function: rain. If you were given the assignment to provide irrigation for, let’s say every square …
Church of the Infinite Chasm
When contemplating the whole creation versus evolution debate, I sometimes think a good argument in favor of creation is that faith in a creator is harmless. A person could reason, “If there is a God, I’m covered. And if there is no God, no harm, no foul.” That’s pretty shallow reasoning, actually, but it’s also begging to be attacked: belief …
It’s raining
Always be careful in the rain. You never know what might happen.
HUMP DAY?
Well, it may not be hump day for those who are off the rest of the week after today. For them, today is, for all practical purposes, Friday. Even so, plenty of people will be working on the 4th. And the 5th. Doctors, nurses, police, many people in retail… So for them and everyone else, a hiatus is in order, …
Hump Day has arrived.
And along with it, the perfect time for a refreshing hiatus. Here’s a question: if you were asked to irrigate a large area – say 500 acres – how would you do it? That’s a lot of ground. There would be miles of pipes to lay, a powerful pump and power source for it would be needed, and of course, …