Jul 30, 2023 | Pondering and Kindling
I sing a lot. I don’t mean I sing a lot publicly. Most of my singing is at odd times, private and alone…when I’m driving, during my private prayer time, even when I’m waiting for an appointment. According to the circumstance and where I am, I sing aloud. I...
Jul 27, 2023 | Pondering and Kindling
Lewis Grizzard was a syndicated newspaper columnist, the author of a number of books, and a rather sophisticated writer who pretended to be a redneck. He was brash, irreverent, and sometimes obscene. I often felt that he was laughing at something, such as, his...
Jul 23, 2023 | Pondering and Kindling
Edith Sitwell said of William Blake, the great painter and poet, “Of course he was cracked. That’s where the light shone through.” I like that explanation! All of us are cracked somewhere, or we are not what we are cracked up to be. None of us are...
Jul 20, 2023 | Pondering and Kindling
I have recently become a reader of Bill Keane’s cartoon, Family Circus. It is modeled after the cartoonist’s own family—his wife Thelma, and their children, Billy, Dolly, Jeffy, and P.J. In a recent scene Billy issues, a huge AH-CHOO sneeze into the face of Dolly....
Jul 16, 2023 | Pondering and Kindling
I decided recently that I should follow Bill Keane’s cartoon, Family Circus, more faithfully. So many profound lessons are couched in humor. Keane models the cartoon after his own family: Thelma, his wife, and their children, Billy, Dolly, Jeffy, and P.J. The...
Jul 12, 2023 | Pondering and Kindling
What ‘n the world are we coming to? That’s the way Momma expressed her exasperation with all the things coming at her that she did not understand. Almost every day when I read the news, or watch television, or simply observe culture I’m feeling that sentiment. More...
