My Thoughts

 It is a very blessed day here as it is Easter morning.  I am just starting my 1st cup of coffee and relaxing to the beautiful sounds outside.  Having mixed up the pancakes already I am waiting for Whitney to wake up so I can have a beautiful Easter brunch with her.  As I put the pancake batter together without even referencing a recipe I thought of my old recipe book and the cute little handwritten note that Whitney put on the pancake page so many years ago. Time flies by too quickly lately.  In a few short weeks, my last child will graduate high school and embark on a life of her own making.  It seems only yesterday my children were small children.  A line from Wordsworth whispers so often: "My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is the father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by na...

As the sky began to wake this morning to the melody of morning doves and pigeons, I sat with my first cup of coffee in hopes of finding something on cable to distract (interest) me while I had some time to myself.  I love this time of the morning when the world is just beginning to wake and I am left alone to my own devices.  Often, I spend this time reading (blogs, news stories, book reviews).  It's sorta my "New York Times" review of those things that interest me.  Twenty years ago, I read "USA Today" and "Newsweek" and sometimes threw in "People" or "TV Guide".  The advent of the internet has significantly altered this pattern of reading.  In fact, I am surprised that many newspapers and magazines are still in circulation in paper form. Finding "Julie and Julia" on cable, I settled in for what I thought would be an hour or two of relaxing.  That goal soon changed.  Catching the movie at the beginning, I was so motivat...