Consider the Lilies

Category: Observe

  • What’s the password?

    What’s the password?

    It used to be a silly game we played as kids..  Remember, pretending to not let someone in until they gave us the password?  Of course, they didn’t know the password, it wasn’t a real password, and the object of the game was just to laugh at the person trying to think up a good…

  • Missing the Fish

    Struck by the incongruity of a farm tractor leading the local Shad Derby parade, I framed my digital shot.  The red tractor with its great wheels being the first vehicle in the parade would make Norman Rockwell – if he were alive – inspired.  And, in a sense, the tractor at the head symbolized the essence…

  • Consider the Geese

    At this time of year in the northeast, a simple three-mile jog can feel like a climb up Mount Everest.  Not only are the temperatures chilling, the wind icy, and the other joggers few, but the scenery has changed considerably from a short month ago. I have an idealic spot to jog.  A perfect 5K…

  • Non-traditional ways

    Tradition.  It’s what we grow up with, the blueprint handed down to us from our parents and relatives, the road map that tells us what we’re supposed to be in life. As Merriam Webster Online defines tradition: 1 a : an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior (as a religious practice…

  • God’s Care: Two Subway Stories

    Random acts of kindness.  Is it possible to experience God’s care through the ordinary every day kindnesses of other people?  Two subway events happened to me that make me think of God and His care for me…more than a lily of the field. The second one happened the other day.  I’m reversing the order because…

  • A lily at home

    As the nexus of this blog, an asiatic lily that I planted last year happens to be in full bloom in my garden.  Lilies do not bloom long, so if you are the type to be so caught up with other things that you do not notice your garden for a week, the beautiful flowers…