Post 23/2021 Thursday 3 June . . . If Memorial Day Weekend provided parades, ceremonies, palaver and picnics, the month of June promises plenty more. Although, with the arrival of summer still a ways off (June 20}, I wish the temperatures right now were more seasonal, not this soaring into 90 degrees F. stuff. Bring …
Beauty bursts out
Post 22/2021 Friday 28 May . . . Spring unfolds in beauty with the colors, sounds and fragrances of late May. If you allow for cadences and language of the past (thee, thou), then you'll find that the two quotes I've selected timelessly underscore the beauty of creation. Or, if you choose, you can skip …
Pentecost, birth of the church
Post 21/2021 Sunday 23 May . . . Picture this. A sound like the rush of a violent wind. Divided tongues, as of fire, appearing among Jesus' disciples and others. Those assembled speaking in other languages. That's Pentecost for you. On this day, Christians around the world celebrate Pentecost, the birth of the church. The …
Childhood- and youth-fired memories
Post 20/2021 Friday 14 May . . . Thirty-seven years ago, my sister Kaye rounded up memories of our paternal grandparents, Solomon and Rachel (Yutzi) Bender, to be shared at a reunion that summer on the theme, "Remembering." I was reunited with these treasures in rereading them this week. Rich. Telling. Timeless. For instance, Dad …
Mating chorus to be lawnmower loud
Post 19/2021 Friday 7 May . . . Have no fear all ye who will soon hear the high decibel chorus of cicadas. After 17 years living underground, trillions of Brood X cicadas will emerge in 15 US states, said Seth Borenstein in an Associated Press story, May 6. Indiana rates among the states that …
Of trees, weeds, origami and blooms
Post 18/2021 Friday 30 April . . . Today, Goshen, Indiana, with the nation, celebrates Arbor Day. The city has adopted a goal of having 50,000 trees planted by 2045. About one-fourth of that number are to be planted on private property--residences, businesses, churches and so on. The goal is to roughly double the community's …
In step with spring
Post 17/2021 Thursday 22 April . . . I have to admit, the wall calendar above our computer desk just now got flipped to April. Days, weeks and months sail by at a steady pace, even as our lives are circumscribed--yes, we've heard it a thousand times--by the global pandemic. It is global. It is …
Lakeside daisies bade us welcome
Post 16/2021 Saturday 17 April . . . It may have been two decades since we were introduced to the rare lakeside daisy on a guided walk on Kelleys Island on the Ohio side of Lake Erie. Kelleys Island is a 20-minute crossing on the Shirley Irene ferry from Marblehead. We spent the past week …
Nature, be nice
Post15/2021 Friday 9 April . . . The "be nice" part of the title made me laugh. Ha, ha, ha. Yes, "be nice." Our late friend Mick Bevan would have responded with, "Hee, hee, hee!" What, even if kindly, tell nature to tame things down? Hee, hee, hee! Mick lived in St Ives, Cornwall, UK, …
Resurrection, amazement and terror
Post 14/2021 Easter Sunday 4 April . . . Easter lilies gracing homes or churches symbolize new life. They also propel us to seek the peace in the here and now. We've had opportunities to provide an Easter lily in memory of loved ones who have gone before, to the peace of their reward. But …
It's About Now 