Cloudy Skies

by Kevin T McEneaney Rainy afternoons are sometimes a plague on motivation, imagination, and blunt practical considerations. That dripping from gutters and eaves remains depressing, gloomy, caustic annoyance when it…

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When I was a tree

by Kevin T McEneaney This Christmas I became a Christmas tree decorated with lights red, green, and blue, blinking to tell everyone that I was the Spirit of Christmas cheer…

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Christmas Cry!

by Kevin T McEneaney To stand by the womb when a child is born conjures central wonder of life on earth. For a mother to push out her newborn to…

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Let there be Song!

by Kevin T McEneaney We don’t understand gravity, Space, time, or even the nature of light itself, yet we think we are big shots in this world because we know…

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What’s in a Note?

by Kevin T McEneaney Preparing for Christmas means preparing music of all kinds from French troubadours to West Coast jazz, classical favorites, and even those re-invented pop tunes, or cherished…

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The Wonder of Frost

by Kevin T McEneaney White rime on the grass this frosty morning When you caress frost, it melts quickly Mid-winter can produce frost on your nose Children are fascinated by…

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The Ultimate Art

by Kevin T McEneaney There are times in life when one must relax; that remains part of the pattern of life. Pundits say relaxation is an art, yet pundits practice…

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What size is your shoe?

by Kevin T McEneaney Can you ever measure too many things? Of course, not! Civilization itself is based on the convention of measure. Without secure standard there is chaos, cheating,…

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On a string

by Kevin T McEneaney Believe it or not—it’s on a Greek dish, a young boy of ten dangling a yo-yo! The dish: from 440 BC…. Every household apparently had one:…

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Uncertain

by Kevin T McEneaney Gray fog-blanket surrounding house, garden Wonder if fog has seeped into my brain My own history appears lost in fog Difficult to recall my whole childhood…

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