Muddy Knees

Muddy Knees

Flickr photo by mcmrbt, creative commons As I remember it, she was around 19 or 20, about my age at the time, and as she led us through the military cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, France, past the thousands of crosses to my grandfather’s grave, I sort of wished...
I’m a Dead Fish. Booya

I’m a Dead Fish. Booya

Check out the romantic thing my handsome prince said to me this morning after he got out of bed: “Are you okay?” “Yeah. Why?” “Cause you look like a dead fish lying there. Like somebody just jerked you up out of the ocean and your mouth...
The Barber and the Six Mohawks

The Barber and the Six Mohawks

Isn’t that a lovely hairdo? Not really, but I’m going with it because it’s partly my fault. At least I allowed it. Actually I enabled it. And not just for my bald-ish boy, but for five other young men who once sported beautiful, free flowing tresses....
Cannes, Ramsey Style

Cannes, Ramsey Style

http://www.flickr.com/photos/charliedees/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 Whoop-de-doo! The Cannes film festival starts today! Did you know? (Do you care?  ) I ate my morning oatmeal with Matt Lauer, and as we chatted with Cate Blanchett and Russel Crowe about the Cannes experience, I...
Rest in Peace, Howard

Rest in Peace, Howard

http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 At first, Howard seemed to be a thorn in my side. “You’re just not here enough,” he said the minute I walked into the gym. “This should be a full time job. Not part time.” “Hi Howard,” I said, stringing the...
Miss Eula

Miss Eula

Flickr photo from Prisoner 5413 Her name was Eula, and she told me she was seventy four years old. “I never imagined I would be living like this,” she said, looking around at the Sunday school room our church had made into a shelter for homeless families for the week...