death and taxes

If you know me, you probably realize that I don’t gain much comfort from religion. I’m too much of a cynic, apparently. This weekend we went to the funeral for my brother-in-law. I really didn’t know him, I met him at my wedding and perhaps saw him a couple other times. He left home when […]

familiar stranger

Have you ever gone to an airport to pick up somebody you didn’t know? Or, perhaps, somebody you had met once, but hadn’t seen in a while? I did this, nearly twenty years ago. It was a couple days before my wedding and I was nominated / volunteered to pick up my fiancee’s brother. My […]

Breathe

Breathe, breathe in the air Dont be afraid to care Leave but dont leave me Look around and chose your own ground For long you live and high you fly And smiles youll give and tears youll cry And all you touch and all you see Is all your life will ever be Run, rabbit, […]