I had a boyfriend in high school who could tell you the time of day off the top of his head within ten minutes or so. He was an aspiring actor (back then) and attributed his unnatural skill to his performer’s sense of timing. Ummm ….. maybe. I have a husband now who can doContinue reading “A sense of time”
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Missing the Eclipse: There is Always Another?
I’ve wanted to see a total eclipse of the sun for as long as I can remember. I was a child who was fascinated by astronomy. By sixth grade I’d read every book that Jefferson West Elementary School had on the subject and I’d moved on to the Hays public library and was making prettyContinue reading “Missing the Eclipse: There is Always Another?”
More songs about this than anything, except of course for love
If you search for song titles containing a particular noun, it should come as no surprise that the most popular word is “love”. But what is the second most popular? My empirical evidence suggests that it is “time.” That confounding concept that gives and takes away from us in equal measure is the source ofContinue reading “More songs about this than anything, except of course for love”