I’m guessing we have about 2 inches of the white stuff with more coming down.  Temperatures below freezing.

Should*

Should echoes

bang hard against the wall

of his brain

Must resounds

repeatedly begging

compliance

Words instilled

to sculpt

his soul

to fit

their mold

* a short little poem about what Albert Ellis calls “musterbating” and “shoulding on yourself”

click below for more information about musterbation.

http://albertellis.org/musturbation-stop-rubbing-wrong-way/

Above is a link to musturbation.  I have no idea why it didn’t show before.

Back in Tennessee and no flowers blooming around here except inside of course.  I took this photo with my iPhone during one of my walks in Tempe.  I sure miss that 70 degree temperature. 

I don’t the kind of bird but it took off for flight just as the camera snapped.  I guess we might say this is flight at first flap.

First snow

The world is white

in color only

http://www.knoxville.org/vendor/2849/mead-s-quarry-park/

Link above to the Quarry

Here is another photo of headstones. 

there is a cemetery along the trail.  A sign there noted that one couple was buried head-to-head instead of side by side because they had been divorced.  I had never heard of that tradition!  Wonder what one does if he or she has been divorced two or three times?

Not the best photo but off in a distance from a clearing along the trail one could see the snow on the mountains.

I did this hike with my oldest son and we had to admit it was “cold” on the trail.

To signal a birth

A rose adorns the altar

Eli has now arrived

Note: Our church places a rose on the altar each time some church family has a new arrival.  Dec 22nd one of these roses signaled the birth of Eli, my grandson who was born on Dec. 18th.  7 lbs. 4 oz. 

Here is a photo of Eli.  I am sure he will become a shortstop in MLB because of his long limbs and large hands.