Presumption

Did you ever catch yourself presumptuously speaking for someone else? I am prone to this especially when introducing one friend to another. I caught myself in mid-sentence the other night, answering questions for someone well able to speak for himself. It is...

Associate …

When Elaine and I left Moncton years ago, there was all the normal hoopla. There were those saying their good bye’s who wished us well and others who were likely happy to see us go. It was hard to say good bye to the former but we were also happy to say so long...

Close Enough

I have this nasty habit of “close enough”. So I toss a piece of garbage toward the can and sometimes it goes right in. Other times it just misses and lands by the side of the can. “Close enough!”. And I walk away. Sorry to disappoint you...

Oblivious

One of my personal cures for the pastoral blues was to visit the hospital.  I always came away feeling better.  Sometimes it was simply walking in and out and feeling “well” physically. Other times it was sitting with someone who had graciously accepted...

Weekend Warriors

Colonel Sam Trautman coined the term for me.  He was a character created by David Morrell, played by Richard Crenna in the movie “First Blood”.  John Rambo, a Vietnam war vet trying to navigate the horrors of his combat experience and the anti-war sentiment of the...