TIME TO THINK My brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister’s bureau and lifted out a tissue-wrapped package. “This,” he said, “is not a slip. This is lingerie.” He discarded the tissue and handed me the slip. It was exquisite; silk, handmade and trimmed with a cobweb of...
Articles for April 2009
The Buzzard, The Bat, The Bumblebee
THE BUZZARD, THE BAT & THE BUMMBLEBEE The Buzzard: If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and is entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that...
Have You Sharpened Your Axe?
HAVE YOU SHARPENED YOUR AXE? A young man approached the foreman of a logging crew and asked for a job. “That depends,” replied the foreman. “Let’s see you fell this tree.” The young man stepped forward and skillfully felled a great tree. Impressed, the foreman exclaimed, “You can start...
I May Never See Tomorrow
I MAY NEVER SEE TOMORROW I may never see tomorrow There’s no written guarantee And things that happened yesterday Belong to history. I cannot predict the future I cannot change the past I have just the present moment I must treat it as my last. I must use the...
Beginning With Him – April, 2009
BEGINNING WITH HIM … APRIL, 2009 A note from doug: From time to time, at the beginning of the month, I like to send out a compilation message of various items I…ve accumulated over time. However, this month I want to dedicate this message to the state of E-Mail...