A Ball in the Hand
My son’s baseball team won their first game last night. It was epic. After 17 L’s they finally notched a W. One tiny, priceless, beautiful W, dangling on a hook in the scoreboard window. [...]
Never Say Never
This photo is evidence of the miraculous and a humbling of my pride. Fortunately, if you have to be humbled, it’s great to be humbled by the miraculous. And I count orchids as [...]
Cut to the Heart
I got my hair cut today. And I cried. Last time I got my hair cut, I cried too. I might cry the next time it happens. Because when I look into the mirror I don’t see the face I’ve grown [...]
When a Sparrow Falls
I was out on a run the other morning. Sun glistening through dew drenched branches. Penetrating chill working its way through my fingertips. Feet pounding in rhythm to the MP3 shuffle. When death [...]
Sleeping in a Straitjacket
One of the hazards of being forty is having a forty-year-old body. Skin begins to exhibit the elasticity of last year’s bathing suit. Joints sound like poppers on the 4th of July.