SOCs: Interwoven

Life is interwoven With last year and this With friends newly found And those we miss Life is intertwined With memories of prior days With dating, marriage, divorce And living separate ways Life is interlaced With community and work With faith and social gatherings And those times that irk Life is intermittent With sadness and joy With richness, then poor And brevity or a smile of coy Life is invention With smart phones and such With new and crazy ideasRead more

The Season of Orange Barrels & Evil Concrete

A friend of mine, who lives near Chicago, posted this on her Facebook page: It’s officially Hell/Summer in Illinois. It’s over 50 degrees and every (#$%^*@$) possible route to work is under construction – even the ‘long way.’ Kill me now. I chuckled to myself. Quite loudly. I’m in the same boat. As soon as the snow melts and the temperatures hit a respectable high in Wisconsin, the proliferation of orange barrels and detours cause drivers to swear over theRead more