The room stands quiet returned to its former state all the things carried in are carried out, gone The people those who stood in front those who played their music and those who filed in claiming chairs for a moment have gone to their cars and motored away Quiet reigns In their hearts words [...]
Professor Ken Perry knew how to live life and live it abundantly "If you're gonna be a bear, be a grizzly!" he told his students. And so he lived. Focusing was his forte riding on passion... and compassion. So judge him on the outcomes: Students who passed The Test! Therein he set the standard: raised [...]
Set yourself in your favorite chair snuggle down and close your eyes Now In your mind's eye picture these slides through a very long life... A small house in a small Kentucky town dogs and chickens, a cow and a garden Family noises, kids darting here and there the neighborhood like one big house [...]
We've done about all we can do: We chose the seeds most carefully from ten thousand possibilities put the soil, under microscopes and tested for its health amended it, for maximum yield We nestled the seeds into warmth and moisture watched them sprout, grow to fine young plants Watched for bugs, disease, and mindfully [...]
A plethora of thoughts 'letting go', surrounded Pictures race across my mind Of a little one hangin' on to mama's leg a shelter in the time of storm Of a proud papa kissing his daughter giving her to her husband Of airport scenes parting folks kisses and hugs and reluctant goodbyes Of dad, hand [...]
Days of hundred degrees weeks with little to no rain but the crops are hanging on! Drummer Flannagan doin their thing black blanket tucked under green crops holding tight to subsoil moisture So when the crops should look like the unwatered yards in town still, they're growin green! Soaking up the sun converting elements [...]
The theme was mostly: "We went with him". as we traveled along life's highways He certainly covered a lot of miles And he always led the pack! Like icing on our cakes he flavored our lives in stories take this one: Finishing up a tour of duty at an army camp in Kansas a [...]
Half way through a marathon a runner grabs a cup a quarter inch or water there No time to grab another he throws it down rushes on the goal still far ahead Ten miles down sixteen to go the runner knows it's not enough from top of head to tip of toes cooling sweat [...]
Early morning darkness coffee, newspaper, coffee again Waiting for the sun to whisk away nights soaking Straight sticks adorned with seeds standing at attention in long straight rows waiting for the farmer to whisk and sort and steal away food for man and beast Soybean harvest is one of waiting soy seeds so tender, [...]
Indeed they are precious! The little ones have been molded Shaped to look like us just smaller? I don't think so! Each one, every one is unique! A combination, perhaps, of mom and dad and brothers and sisters grandmas and grandpas aunts and uncles... the list goes on. Maybe they're like a huge bouquet [...]