27 December 2015
Cleveland Heights Garden Center
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Filed under Cleveland Heights, Photo
Recycled,
reshaped bottles,
light up as flowers.
Eric Koenig
17 December
Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens
Richmond, Virginia
Our friend Nancy Eng MacNeill received a liver transplant in May, 2014. As part of her rehabilitation, she trained for a half-marathon with other transplant recipients. Her husband, Bruce joined her. Her children supported her. The half-marathon occurred today.
We could not go to Seattle to watch Nancy and Bruce and Team Transplant. We could not stand and cheer. We could not welcome them at the end of their Half Marathon. So Tricia and I walked in New York. We walked 13.1 miles during the day – not consecutively. But we walked in friendship, in thanksgiving, in hope.
And when we paused in Central Park, we spotted these purple flowers.
Consider signing up to be an organ donor.
30 November
Central Park
Manhattan, New York
Delicate purple petals
graced the way to
Christ Church Cathedral this morning,
for a wonderful worship experience
with friends expected and unexpected,
although the plan to go to an early service
so the Steelers game could be viewed,
which turned out to be something of a disaster
given how poorly they played.
9 November 2014
Louisville, Kentucky
Filed under Friends, Louisville, Photo
While waiting for a friend
at the Crescent Centre apartments,
I spotted a number of peppers.
I know not why they are there,
but they included these that are
purple.
9 November 2014
Crescent Centre apartments
Louisville, Kentucky
Filed under Louisville, Photo
I have a roommate.
There. I have said it publicly.
Oh, Tricia visits the Shire from time to time, not enough. Eric has been here. Friends stay with me.
But now, I am no longer alone. I have a roommate.
We have been together for a little over a month. I wanted to see how this new relationship would work out before I acknowledged it. That probably was not fair to my new roommate, but one can never be too certain about how new relationships. They change our lives. They have the potential to impact existing relationships. But it has worked well. So this seems the opportune moment to let the world, or at least the two loyal readers of my blog, know.
My roommate is the strong, silent type. It may be even more accurate to describe my roommate as the strong, silent, immobile type. One might even use the word potted and speak the truth.
While my roommate asks nothing and says less, I can count on a welcoming wave at all times of day.
With thanks to Lydia who introduced us when she stayed at the Shire, and apologies for my hesitancy in acknowledging our relationship, here’s Norman:
See you along the Trail.
by Martha Shout Brown
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Chicago, Illinois
30 September 2014
As Jules places his head in my lap
I remember Charley
And, after all these years,
pain tweaks my heart,
my eyes leak,
love dances in my spirit
and a smile plays across my lips.
8 October 2014
Louisville, KY
Filed under Cleveland Heights, Family, Louisville, Photo
Not flowers,
not real,
but purple, and cute,
just the same.
14 September 2014
Louisville, KY
Filed under Louisville, Photo
13 September 2014
Louisville, KY
