Tag: Whimsy
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Breaking the Ice

A group of waxen figures smiling without warmth. Obscure beneath the smooth exterior, connection is hidden.
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The Sow of Despond

“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.” Matthew 7:6 ESV In the allegorical “The Pilgrim’s Progress” there is a swamp called “the Slough of Despond” where Pilgrim gets hopelessly stuck. Well, we were stuck — two girls…
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The Sea

Across the sea, across the sky where waves reach out to bathe the sun and light reflected paves the path for all the ships that go and come. The shadows roiling from beneath suggest the forms in depths below Whose solemn dances cross and crest the currents as they ebb and flow. The pull of…
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Sailing Aloft

Anything written, humor and wit, things I’ve read and things I’ve thought You don’t know the half of it, neither do I, that’s our lot In life we see but dimly, through the looking glass of time Past and present both reflect a glimpse of the sublime Gleaning scraps of truth from all the thinkers…
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Down By the Creek

Down by the creek, down by the creek Where the grass is high and the water is sweet Ripple, babble, babble, bubble, down by the creek With a stick and a rock and a skip and a walk Scramble down the bank, kick off your shoes and socks Straight from the spring, water cold and…
