akentuckybard
Jan 14, 20192 min read
Digressions: My Life in 500 Words or Less
Maybe everyone has an Alvin in his or her life. Maybe you’re the Alvin in someone else’s life. Maybe I am. My current Alvin is a 5-pound...
akentuckybard
Dec 25, 20182 min read
Digressions: My Life in 500 Words or Less
In recent years the song “Imagine” by John Lennon has found new significance for me. I was surprised to discover only a few years ago...
akentuckybard
Dec 11, 20182 min read
Digressions: My Life in 500 Words or Less
It’s beginning to look a lot like … Crikey! Is there a shrimp on the barbie in my future? No. But that isn’t far off. You see, each year...
akentuckybard
Nov 27, 20182 min read
Digressions: My Life in 500 Words or Less
Let’s talk turkey. What’s better than a Thanksgiving meal with loved ones? Two Thanksgiving meals with loved ones. That’s what Becca and...
akentuckybard
Nov 12, 20182 min read
Digressions: My Life in 500 Words or Less
It snowed late Friday evening, as it turned into early Saturday morning. And it was fitting. At least, it was for me. You see, while many...
akentuckybard
Oct 22, 20182 min read
Digressions: My Life in 500 Words or Less
Sometimes it seems as if the universe is letting you know you are where you’re supposed to be. On Saturday I returned from a trip that...
akentuckybard
Oct 8, 20182 min read
Digressions: My Life in 500 Words or Less
I did a little time traveling recently. On Friday, I caught my first glimpse of a new business under construction, and, while it made me...
akentuckybard
Sep 24, 20182 min read
Digressions: My Life in 500 Words or Less
For my last blog I wrote about the stray single zinnia that popped up away from a flowerbed full of its brethren. The flower, for me,...
akentuckybard
Sep 11, 20182 min read
Digressions: My Life in 500 Words or Less
I’ll admit it: I’m the kind of person who sometimes looks at a seemingly ordinary thing and finds some cause for philosophical...
akentuckybard
Aug 27, 20182 min read
Digressions: My Life in 500 Words or Less
It doesn’t happen often, but it happened last Thursday: Becca and I got sick at the same time. Even less frequent an occurrence is both...