by bZar | Dec 19, 2005 | Poetry
I’m cleaning out my office and came across this little story I wrote in 1993. The sun streamed through the waves in the large leaded glass window, warming the sill and spilling its light into the room. Arthur arched his back, extended his paws, and then leaped...
by bZar | Dec 17, 2005 | Life and Reflections
Guilt, the gift that keeps on giving. – Erma Bombeck I cried when I heard that Erma died. I cried because I felt I had lost a kindred spirit – another soul who shared my finely honed appreciation for the absurd. I have yet to meet a mother who, at one time or another,...
by bZar | Dec 16, 2005 | Life and Reflections
I posted Penn Jillette’s comments here because they resonated with me. As a child of a Roman Catholic mother and Southern Baptist father who grew up to become a Salvationist, my relationship with “the lord” was no casual summer fling. I really wanted to believe. In...
by bZar | Dec 15, 2005 | Life and Reflections
Heard on NPR, Nov.21 05 There is No Godby Penn Jillette “I’m not greedy. I have love, blue skies, rainbows, and Hallmark cards, and that has to be enough. It seems just rude to beg the invisible for more.” I believe that there is no God. I’m beyond Atheism. Atheism is...
by bZar | Dec 15, 2005 | Life and Reflections
Two years ago at the Boat Show in Mount Clemens, Michigan I met my dreamboat. Of all the sail boats I saw that day only the Rhodes was the one I felt I would be confident handling by myself. The design is well thought out and makes the most efficient use of space...
