And That’s the Way It is

Tomorrow June 27 is my husband’s and my thirty-ninth wedding anniversary. We are going to “take the day off” to follow The Dale Trail (and make a number of stops that follow important places in the life of Dale Earnhardt) and then eat dinner at the Open Kitchen in Charlotte. We’ve been going to the Open Kitchen since December 1966, when Bill’s parents took us there for the first time. The place is full of memories.

So I won’t be blogging until we return tomorrow night. And that’s the way it is.

EDIT: Thanks to Jen. I did mean June 27.

On the Shore

Each instant holds a plot
from which a drama washes, waltzes—

a soothing mist from the rolling waves.
The deepest calm follows menacing gale—

exposing each character and setting.
The sea-water is green with life,

but its story is best told,
when the birds on the shore wait

for the tide to bring them fish,
which is a tale that truly matters.

first published in Right Hand Pointing

Epiphany

I just figured out why I hate the nit-picking that goes on in the comment section of so many blogs.

If I respond, which I have done in the past, I’m answering someone else’s questions, not mine. I’m not writing what I think; I’m writing as a reaction to what others want said.

Enough of that.

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The actual purpose of asking so many questions is to fool the answerer into inconsistency and, thereby, proving himself/herself wrong, which is often something the questioner cannot do.

Well, inconsistency is nothing but inconsistency. It actually proves nothing. All human beings are inconsistent. And whenever one attempts to grow, rather than to stay put and spin wheels, he/she will grow at uneven rates in different aspects of life.

I used to be a conservative Christian (and a Republican) but due to a mystical experience decided I had to change. I’ve been doing that about fifteen years now. Reading and questioning and “growing in grace.”

Yes, I believe what I now believe (and actaually what I left behind) because I am a Christian. There are many things I don’t know and a few that I do. I do know the goal is to live so that I can stand before God and hear the words, “Well done.” Of that much, I am certain. . . . And that how we treat others has a great deal to do with just Who we think God is.