Truths and Roses

Sometimes when I see a rose as perfect as this I can almost hear God saying, "You try to make something this beautiful. Oh, you can't? That's right. Fuck you; I'm God." Truths and roses have thorns about them. ~Henry David Thoreau

The Chair

In 2008 I bought several pieces of antique furniture. Some of the pieces needed some cleaning up. I started doing little things here and there to clean up the decades’ worth of stuff that had accumulated over the years. And then a little more. And then even more. As it turns out that kind of … Continue reading The Chair

In the path of the tornado

Shawshank Redemption is one of my favorite movies. It is one of few that I can watch over and over and never tire of seeing. Like any great movie, it takes you through a wide spectrum of emotions and has characters that you can like and/or relate to. And when this movie was cast, superb … Continue reading In the path of the tornado

Things That Amaze Me

In our world with all of the information to which we have access few things are left to amaze people.  Frequently I fall in to the group of people who is not often awestruck. I have seen technology advance at extraordinary rates and doubt that it will do anything but continue to do so. Yet … Continue reading Things That Amaze Me