From Midway to Gerald R. Ford: 25 minutes
Yearly Archives: 2016
West of Lake Odessa
Mon, 17 Oct 2016, 06:13 PM (-06:00)
“We just pulled up to the gate,” I texted Burt and Jenny. “I need to get my checked bag, and I have a book to read.” They had left their home in Kentucky well before the crack of dawn and were approaching Grand Rapids from the southeast. They were planning to pick me up at […]
A Walk in the Woods
Sun, 16 Oct 2016, 09:12 PM (-06:00)
B-57, the computer said. That wasn’t so bad. Even though I had forgotten to get my (Southwest) boarding pass at the appointed hour, a B-57 is fine if you’re flying alone. Satisfied, I shut the computer and walked out the back door of the cottage to catch up with Burt and Jenny and the dogs […]
Salamander
Sun, 16 Oct 2016, 08:12 PM (-06:00)
“Where’s that other cinder block?” cousin Burt asked. He and Jenny and I were pulling the raft and dock out of the lake in preparation for the coming Michigan winter. I looked to my left and saw one sitting on the hill beside the dry milkweeds with their swollen seed pods hanging from dry stalks. […]
The Theory that Jack Build
Sun, 9 Oct 2016, 08:13 PM (-06:00)
1. Drawings I Drew Years ago, following a tradition that had been only a few years in the making, with the family gathered for the holidays, I prepared to recite some poetry. A new poem every year was the deal, and after that, folks could requests repeats from previous years. That year, however, it came […]
Go Chris!
Sun, 9 Oct 2016, 09:35 AM (-06:00)
It’s been a good morning in Chicago. The weather was spectacular for the runners, there. The elite men have finished in what was evidently a back and forth race at the end. The elite wheelchairs are done in what I heard was a photo finish. And the elite women are done, too. I watched that finish with […]
Team Us
Sun, 9 Oct 2016, 02:34 AM (-06:00)
The place was empty. Most of the runners had long since finished their runs. Only a few people were hanging around. It had been a wonderful day for a run. The route was a long gradual climb on the way out, which of course meant a long gradual descent on the way back. It’s always […]
Connections and Patterns
Sat, 8 Oct 2016, 04:55 PM (-06:00)
1. The Kids Arrive It took a while for the kids to come up from the library. Three of them arrived first, because there were no more computers downstairs, and the boys needed to put together some kind of storyboard. The sat down at Mr. Roth’s desk in the front and opened some laptops. “Not […]
Morning Crow
Tue, 4 Oct 2016, 10:19 PM (-06:00)
There was an acorn on the pavement. I stepped on it, and it kinda cracked. I bent over, picked it up and tossed it under the Oak Tree on the other side of the car — one small contribution to the mulch. As I turned to walk to the office building door, a breeze came […]
Causality
Sun, 2 Oct 2016, 05:06 PM (-06:00)
1. Proximate Cause When the the sun shines after the rain. When the air grows cool. That’s when the rain lilies bloom. Close your eyes. Ignore the barking in the back alley. Ignore the traffic on the highway and the air conditioners across the street. (What are they doing running air conditioners on a day […]