Yesterday’s post suggests this marriage may not survive. Unfortunately, we didn’t know about Myers Briggs personality profiles until the mid-1980s. What a revelation and quick education! So today’s post lists how I live with an ISTJ. Read the rest of this entry »
This poem by James DePreist caught my eye months ago. I’ve been waiting for the right time to use it. The right time found me yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
Comparison, Myers Briggs Personality Traits
Today’s challenge: different personalities, though it seems I don’t know or want to believe this is a challenge. So let’s play make-believe:
If you had shown me this chart when we were first married, Read the rest of this entry »
November 1966, Cambridge Apt.
Early marriage is often sweet and romantic, like this old photo. Nonetheless, we’re not going there today. This post focuses on the first of several challenges that surfaced early, Read the rest of this entry »
Sunday. Day of rest. Day of joy and delight. A full stop and break from my weekly routine so I can delight in God’s gift of Sabbath.
My biggest struggle this past Sunday Read the rest of this entry »
6:30 am
Honeysuckle vine
Fragrant trees and shrubs
Catbirds and crows
Chipping sparrows
Calling cardinals
Finches and orioles
Out and about
Some with their young
6:45 am
Yellow buses
Rumble by
Drop our young
At schools of learning
Life is dangerous. So is writing. The danger isn’t simply out there, but in here. Inside of me. Read the rest of this entry »
A Meat Market in Lowell, MA 1960s
Fall 1966. A milestone. Check off that first year of marriage! We made it!
Even better, my depression has lifted. As far as I know, whatever it was is gone. Banished, even though I don’t know what it was about. Probably early marriage jitters. That’s all.
Besides, Read the rest of this entry »
First United Presbyterian Church,
Cambridge 1966
It’s early spring, 1966. One important piece of me is missing in action. It doesn’t bother me at first. But by spring it’s beginning to feel unbearable. Read the rest of this entry »
Prince Oliver Smudge the Second, Aug 2014
Dear Smudge,
From the beginning we knew you were special. So did you. You out-smart every cat we’ve ever had. When it comes to new tricks and new boundaries to push, you take the cake! Read the rest of this entry »
Telling the Truth 