Often things are done with the best of intentions but fail simply due to poor initial planning or a lack of follow through. I feel this may have been the case with this bench — poor placement choice and a lack of continuing maintenance on the surrounding areas. It currently seats one, if you don’t …
Weekend Photo
A place for contemplation “In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.” – Rene Descartes
Object Presence
I don’t know where some of my thoughts originate. During this past weekends outing to the winery blues concert I saw this old bench sitting along the winery’s wall. To me this bench looks to have been an old church pew and I could easily imagine it present for multiple worship services, revivals, weddings, funerals, …
Reclaiming Memories
A project completed just in time for the 4th of July was the refinishing of the pictured bench. This bench belonged to my wife’s parents and became ours when her mother passed away in Florida almost two years ago. This bench could hardly be recognized as the same bench now. Then, it was covered in …
The world didn’t end
The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude. – William James (American novelist, 1899-1961) I took a few days off from posting. I find I’ll sometimes get lost in the grind of blogging and begin to feel I must post each and every day–it …
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