Musings
Cultural Camouflage
In the summer my family likes to attend the evening service at another church because they do a series called “At The Movies.” The pastor teaches a biblical truth using the story in a popular movie, complete with clips from the film. I am always amazed at how the truth in the story, even when…
Read MoreParadox of Life
The world is a contradiction; the universe a paradox – Kedar Joshi Paradox: involving contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time. Another way to say it would be that a paradox is comprised of two sides that appear to be opposing, but in fact are mutually supportive. “Less in more.” “I…
Read MoreSilly Putty Isn’t
I remember being fascinated by Silly Putty as a young person. If you formed it into a ball, it would bounce very much like the hard rubber balls we got from “gumball” machines. If you pulled it slowly, you could stretch it into a thread a mile long. However, if you pulled it hard and…
Read MoreThe Roots Of Culture
The house we are staying in is surrounded by trees that are foreign to an Okie. Too many different varieties of pine to count, and Aspens. Aspen is a common name for several tree species in the genus “Populus” which includes Poplar and Cottonwoods also. The Populus Tremuloides, or Quaking Aspen, is the most widely…
Read MoreA Day Away
“Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.” – Maya Angelou As I was sitting in the hot tub last night looking up at the pine trees swaying in the mountain breezes I realized I hadn’t written a Monday Musing, so this one comes on Tuesday, a…
Read MoreKnow Pain, Know Gain
Wednesday evening my back spasmed and locked up. This has happened before. Actually, quite a few times. This time it was worse than it had ever been. Later Wednesday night I had a full-blown panic attack. The pain was unbearable, I needed to move, but couldn’t. I was drowning. I was sweating. My heart was…
Read MoreSex Was Never Safe
I have told you before that I read a variety of things from a wide range of sources. Often those sources push views that I am not aligned with. I read an article last week that fits in this category: on a site I rarely agree with and by an author I don’t share much…
Read MoreA Stone Of Hope
I was in Washington DC last week with my 14 yr old son, some of his classmates and a few of their parents. This is an annual trek to the nation’s capital organized by the school to afford the students an opportunity to view firsthand the monuments, museums and locations that detail and preserve the…
Read MoreYou Be Me For A While, I’ll Be You
“Kimray is the kind of place people want to root for.” That’s what someone said to me during a lunch meeting the other day. I was struck by that statement. I wrote it in my book. I have thought about it a lot since. I like to watch movies with my kids. We often focus…
Read MoreSocial Animals
My wife and I spent the better part of Memorial Day weekend with our children. All of them. 6 kids, ages 13 to 23, one daughter-in-law, and one amazingly beautiful granddaughter. That is not the impetus for the title, although for a stretch of the day, when the boys were in the pool, the term…
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