Author Archives: colonelswords

I have decided to create a new blog which won’t be any different save that it no longer requires me to tolerate the inconsistencies of Yahoo. Login was getting to be a problem since my domain is now under the … Continue reading →

  It seems rather odd to me that the older I get the crazier my memory seems to behave. If I want to remember something like a name or place or event, it sometimes eludes me for the immediate moment. … Continue reading →

  There are days when I resolve to accomplish certain tasks only to find that Time has gotten ahead of my schedule. While I can’t say this isn’t due to a bit of  procrastination on my part, sometimes, it seems … Continue reading →

It has been a long time since I let my fingers pick and choose the letters on the keyboard to translate my haphazard thoughts into readable words. For a while, I was in doubt as to whether I would ever … Continue reading →

It was a long night Waiting in the cold of darkness. I could hear But not see. I could feel But not touch. I could think But not dream. I could hope But not be comforted. I was only one … Continue reading →

Line after line The words never flow Amidst all the thoughts I once held all aglow Do you see the craziness That melds us to whole? In a dark sky that’s painted with the countless stars I reach for the … Continue reading →

“What was found was never lost.” “And what was lost will never be found.” I have begun writing this post many times. And each time, as soon as I touch the keyboard, my mind would register a blank. Thoroughly conceived … Continue reading →

There is a fine line between sane and insane. Or so I think. I do believe that on occasion the line becomes no longer a line at all. It is more of a blurry intermingling of the rational and irrational. … Continue reading →

I was asked about the title to my previous posting as it seemed to have little to do with the content of the post. Fair enough a question to warrant a small answer I suppose. I first began thinking about … Continue reading →

One might suppose that after being married for 31 years and counting that I would know what my wife likes and dislikes. Yet, sitting with her at the breakfast table the other morning I discovered another thing to add to … Continue reading →

Every year about this time, we have, most of us, taken a look over our calendar shoulders and noted what we did or didn’t do last year. We’ve seen our accomplishments, our failures and habits we comfortably wore as we … Continue reading →

Walk softly through the fallen leaves That multi colored carpet of Autumn. Cast a glance up to the trees Who now are bare before Winter’s cold wind. Those leaves who once graced the trees with green Now lay dried and … Continue reading →

The park bench was a comfortable place to sit and rest if you were tired or weren’t staying long. Over time the wooden slats, anchored into the cast iron ends and feet, had become uneven. Although sturdily constructed, it had … Continue reading →

Have we forgotten In the midst of growing old, The things that meant so much to us So very long ago? The faces, Those moments of the time We loved so well. Can we remember all that was said Those … Continue reading →

There is a grapefruit tree in the back yards, it leaves a deep dark green. Its trunk and branches crooked and gnarled.  And among it’s many branches are grapefruit whose fruit inside the yellowish golden skin is a light pink … Continue reading →

There are two rose bushes in my yard, separated by a sidewalk. I do not know their names or variety. I do know they are most similar and yet quite different. A ‘rose is a rose’ may be correct as … Continue reading →

I like to think that once in a while I write something that someone else may enjoy reading; that it may even give the impression of intelligence behind these tired blue eyes. Experience has taught me that that really depends … Continue reading →