by Bruce McIntyre | May 21, 2021 | Serendipity
Adjustments #2 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Not sure about you, but I am very successful at growing weeds. Why is it that we struggle to nurture the grass, trees, and planted flowers in our yards and gardens, but the weeds seem to thrive best of all? What is...
by Bruce McIntyre | May 4, 2021 | Serendipity
On #2 Almost nothing delights me more than experiencing or instigating whimsy. What is whimsy? By definition, whimsy is playfully quaint or fanciful behavior or humor. Or, it may be a thing that is fanciful or odd. Some art styles are described as whimsical, like a...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 30, 2021 | Serendipity
On #1 Joy sometimes arrives like the calm after a storm in a quiet rainbow with the air still full of moisture. Not ecstatic, emotional, or hilarious. But rather, emerging from within as deep peace that betrays a contented smile. For this title to make any sense, you...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 12, 2021 | Serendipity
Glimpses #3 My wife will tell you that one of the silver linings of living with Dermatomyositis is that she doesn’t have to feel guilty about not going camping with me. The effects of the disease on her muscles makes sleeping on the ground extra uncomfortable....
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 5, 2021 | Serendipity
Glimpses #2 “Do you have a minute? Can I tell you what happened a few nights ago?” she asked as she peered into my office. “Sure, come on in,” I offered (as we did so easily prior to Covid). Her husband had been living with Parkinson’s...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 26, 2021 | Serendipity
Glimpses #1 A reflection from our “pre-illness” trip to the gritty sands of Galveston Island, Texas in late 2001 captures the essence of this both/and notion. Three months pregnant with our daughter and not yet showing, I did what any sensitive husband would do. I...
