This morning it came to me that in some ways life is like a swimming pool, pond, or lake. Maybe my thoughts had turned in that way because I’ve been going to the Y to swim lately. Working out in the water is much easier on my old joints. How do you enter the water?…
The Best of Times
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. As memorable an opening sentence in literature as there ever was, I wonder how long Dickens worked on that classic phrase. Dickens was describing the time of the French revolution, but do you think that he could be…
Unique and Special
Follow the Pew for any length of time and you will know that I love phrases and quotes. When I was on my sabbatical, I made a collection of quotes that inspired me or had an effect. I use quotes to begin my daily meditation on lots of mornings. But my love of quotes has…
Wander With Purpose
Not all those who wander are lost. — Tolkien. To put Tolkien’s words in context here is the complete phrase from The Fellowship Of the Ring: All that is gold does not glitter / Not all those who wander are lost / The old that is strong does not wither / Deep roots are not reached by…
Blank Piece of Paper
Sometimes I sit in front of my computer ready to write the daily Pew, an article, or the next page of my latest book, and I find myself staring at a blank page unable to write something down. My mind begins to race trying to find the right beginning, to no avail. I ask myself…