Through the sons of Noah, the world began to be repopulated. Chapter 10 provides genealogical information. Being of one family, they all spoke the same language (I rather doubt it was English). An agreement was made that they should build a city and a tower to reach to Heaven, and so they set to the task. God, in Heaven, …
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Birthdays
I remembered, though I’m not quite sure how, and I prayed for her – added my whisper to the millions that ascended to Heaven on her behalf. It’s his birthday today, easily on the top 5 list of impossibly rough days in this, her first year of widowhood. Birthdays are her thing. I have a friend like …
Surrogates
Those born with the gift of nurturing imagine we will guide our children on magical discoveries. In the meantime, we practice on surrogates – other peoples’ children – nieces and nephews, cherished friends, sunday school classes and scout troops.
Enter the ‘spinster paradigm’ – the single person with the car, career, house, and three cats. Whatever the form, there’s someone to miss you when you’re gone and greet you when you get home.
Third Date
Once upon a time, and in a few other cultures, the bedroom was a perk of being married, right up there with the big party and three shiny new toasters. But, that’s old hat these days.
Voice of Which People??
Day one of the new schedule, sort of… I was up & out this morning to join my neighbor and her dog for the “morning constitutional stroll”. On my doorstep was a pair of fliers announcing a group promoting freedom and the voice of the unheard. So, I’ve given them a little more than an hour of …