Rogue Clock

Rogue Clock

In a meeting just down the hall from my office, members of the team grin at each other as my clock cuckoos twelve times. These cuckoos always seem to arrive with impeccable timing…just about the time someone is getting a bit too serious, or when the team is in...
The Gift of the Half-Eaten Donut

The Gift of the Half-Eaten Donut

On the last day of Teacher Appreciation Week, students brought their gifts to my wife. In the style of First Graders, they shared what their parents had purchased in combination with their own creations and expressions of love. One student watched with disappointment....
F5 Resilience

F5 Resilience

She had seen tornadoes come near before. Watched Gary England track them across the state with storm chasers reporting from death defying distances. She had gotten in the storm shelter before, but the tornadoes had always gone on over or failed to form or missed her...
Happy As A Raindrop

Happy As A Raindrop

Hanging from a red plum leaf… After an early morning May rain… Reflecting the warm light of the sun… Poised to drop, but clinging to the leaf.   In the midst of spiritual reflection following a labrynth walk, I sat in a church garden area,...
In the still after the rain

In the still after the rain

  Hiking in the woods after a soaking rain at Robbers Cave State Park near Wilburton, OK, I listened. Raindrops melodically plinked and dripped from the leaves onto the leaf covered forest floor. In the distance, a woodpecker drilled away. A symphony of birds...