Why did love get to escape the breakdown in life? It seems that love grows to a certain deep sweetness as it moves toward old age...Passion stays put, but it falls from grace as the hallmark of our love. This is adapted by time into something very serene, almost delicate…something else… It is deeper and oh-so-much better. Can it be that only now I have begun to recognize the fragility of life and living?

It is so profound - this new feeling. I walk through my garden of life and note how these delicate little flowers have withstood the harshness of the chilly nights, the whistling winds, and the hottest of days… and yet; here they are; simply divine and ready to live their life to the fullest.

The life of the regal Magnolia is so fleeting. Their beauty whispers, in my world, even as they fade, wither and as a final point, fall back to the earth.

In History today: I looked up in the sky and there it was. The end of an era...The object is actually larger than appears. Discovery made its final flight. The first of NASA's retired space shuttle was flown from Cape Canaveral, Florida to its retirement home on April 17, 2013. It flew over the nation's capital, where I snapped this shot and is now on permanent display at the Smithsonian. I got to see it go on one of its last missions from Cape Canaveral. Sad that our Astronauts have to hitch a ride for space. Where did our sense of exploration and adventure go?

All I have are my words, armed in my mind, written in pen, stand by stand. Oh, yes. Still by hand. It has a different feel. Altered not by keys, backspace, and delete, I write, erase, tear it to pieces and start all over again. And again.

The Naming of Cats

The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn’t just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.

TS Elliot