Stain-glass Eyes

In the U.S., after Thanksgiving up to New Year’s Day, seems to be labeled “Holiday Season”.   Definition of season:   A period of the year marked by certain conditions, activities, etc.  or a period of the year immediately before and after a special holiday or occasion. Each family, individual, business, company and city have a choice in what they consider the “Season”. I hear discussions on the “Season”.  Most people want less of a Christmas or holiday season. The spirit fizzles down by the time Christmas or New Year’s arrives.  So does the body and brain energy.  If your employer regulates what the “Season” is, you don’t really have a choice.  When you’re assigned the job of decorating for Christmas two weeks before Thanksgiving, you do it.  When your job is piping in holiday music into the stores, offices, town centers, etc., you don’t really have a choice.  Or if you’re trying to get donations for a non-pr...

I know I’ve written before on unexpected things that can happen to us.  I believe most of what I’ve written.  But, it still surprises me when it happens to me, personally. I sometimes think the only way we can function (in a normal way) is to know surprises exist.  We don’t need to hold on to the fantasy we have total control of our life.  I think it’s healthy to realize the enormity of how our life can change in a moment.  Not just because we’re aging, not because we have a hereditary disease, not because we are careless or because we abuse our bodies or expose them to extreme stress or chemicals. Just because….no one could ever exhaust all the variables after those two words, just because…  Why write about this?  I guess because the last two weeks have been a series of surprises for me. A few days after Thanksgiving I felt a numbing, heavy, unceasing pain in my chest and upper back.  I kept trying to catch my breath and...

My Mom has never seen the culture of the U of M Football Games,  in Ann Arbor. I thought the Saturday she was with me, after Thanksgiving, would be the perfect (of all games, this was was unique) game-culture to see.   Ohio State University and University of Michigan were beating heads for a victory and it was a huge event.  Mom and I started our Saturday with a good coffee.  We mad sure we were well dressed for the cold,windy and damp weather. Colors Not Often Seen Together for This Type of Competition Six-month Old Hunting Pooch Dressed for the Day Perhaps Some Scalping of Tickets? The Young Were Dancing on the Bus Instead of in the Streets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4jnaznUoQ I Never Thought of People Taking a Shortcut on the Railroad Tracks to the Big House This Game Was Closely Watched by a Circulating Helicopter.  (Usually circulating airplanes with Ads) These Peop...