Well, it doesn’t happen often but I managed to be blindsided by a bit of Pablo Neruda motivated poetry inspiration. Although there is something morbidly fitting that death is the subject matter. Anyway, without further ado here is a poem dedicated to a dying oak tree at Mount Hermon. . . Ode to the Death [...]
I was talking at work today with a friend who just found out that a guy she grew up with was killed in a car accident this weekend. This combined with Dan’s first Sunday back after his dad’s passing, I’ve been thinking a lot again about the eternal dance of life and death and faith. [...]
I’m a big cry baby. Really, it’s true. I actually felt myself getting teary eyed during tonights episode of House. I don’t know quite why but when I watch TV shows or movies that deal with slow, inevitable death it always gets me. Even back to the movie Phenomenon with John Travolta I can remember [...]
Well, the season finale of Numb3rs just finished and I think it also just took the leap to the top of my favorite shows on TV. The issues they deal with and the way they approach those issues hits like West Wing did at its height. Gone are the easy answers and witty jokes that [...]
Sorry to make my first post in a while a somber one, but I haven’t been quite sure what to write about these last few days. My Grandpa passed away tonight after a very short fight with cancer. I am thankful he is at peace now and no longer in any pain. Here is what [...]
