The sky was cloudy gray. A breeze was blowing out of the south. Fog clung to the ground. He was running around in 400 meter circles. Red jacket and blue shorts. His dog trotting faithfully beside. He was alone. Surrounded by silence. The bell at the elementary school rang as he began. The school was […]
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Winter Weather
Sun, 5 Dec 2010, 08:42 PM (-06:00)
1. Visions of Hot Chocolate Dateline: Central Texas. Yesterday we sat outside eating sandwiches and trying to find a shady spot, squinting our eyes from the blazing sun. “It’s hot!” Trudy said. Indeed it was. And she didn’t have sunblock on, which was the cause of some conversation. Not bad for early December, by my […]
Ramadan Sky
Fri, 13 Aug 2010, 10:17 PM (-06:00)
We’ve been watching the sky lately, gazing into the night with our eyes angled upward. It’s been a pretty good show. Venus shining brightly in the western sky just after the sun goes down. Saturn and Mars in conjunction above her to the right and left, respectively. And for a while even Mercury lower on […]
Growing Old at El Patio
Fri, 11 Jun 2010, 08:40 PM (-06:00)
1. Double Takes When he walked up the to table, the waiter looked to Trudy. She was still looking at the menu, so he turned to me. And when he saw me, he did a little bit of a double take and then smiled and nodded in the slight way he always has. He was […]
A Place Where Water Sometimes Sits
Wed, 9 Jun 2010, 08:36 PM (-06:00)
There’s a place on the south side of the lake where the water sits after a rain. Up on the hill, the rains run off the fields and pool around the trunks of the trees and cover the broken branches fallen from above. Most of the time the place is dry. (It sure has been […]
Carl
Wed, 9 Jun 2010, 08:11 PM (-06:00)
I spotted him from a distance, sitting on the bench under the bridge where he always used to sit. As I walked up, he turned his head. I raised my eyebrows, opened my mouth, tilted my torso forward and pointed at him. He smiled. “Hello, Carl,” I said. He nodded and smiled and said, “Hello.” He […]