Tom

John said it best - “For God so loved the world that He sent his only begotten Son.” Thank God! *photo by TWT/JW. I drew the picture. Jim...

And when it is, put away all your cares and woes and enjoy? Grab a good book and kick back whether it be chair, porch swing, creek side...

I came upon a man, Jim, Known a bit of my life, A man happy I know, Had you known him, His insides belying, His happy face. Hello! Hello!...

Do evil tendencies cancel? I rather think not, Frost first brought it up, But must there be opposites? If there’s Good, Must there be...

Jay Secretarski, #6, Asheville High School Varsity Freshman - His first home run. It cleared the left field wall by a mile! we knew it...

I came upon the bench, Quite convenient, Quite comfortable, Timely. It beckoned, “Come sit a spell, Rest your weary self, For you are on...

“Wisdom be not fleeting, but grasp me in thy clutches and set me free, for I am mankind in need!” Wisdom, what are you? Where are you? I...

Wait? What? What snow is this, That lays today, Upon my snowy land. You’ve come to steal my Spring, You have, With your blustery frozen...

*photo by Stephanie NIGHTTIME READING by Hannah and Tom “I climbed into bed and had a fight, I wanted to read by my nightlight. I began...

Stories abound and echo off these Appalachian walls, lifted on the gentle breeze from haller tu’ holler. They haunt about and tell of...

I have a Sprite, That brights my day, Wish I warn’t, So far away; But when I visit, She’s the one, That keeps this old, Quite young.

Gas must be contained? Of course. But space, Is lighter than gas, And gravity keeps it all in place. The natural shape in a vacuum, Is...

He’s met a girl So neat is she; I wonder if They’ll soon be three? circa June 19, 1965 ❤️HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY❤️

*photo courtesy of Bellarmine University ‘64 In college I studied what I thought was Philosophy, Nietzsche Nonsense Sartre Sarcasm...

Woke up! Woke up! Asleep you sleepyhead, You’ve dreams in your head. Rome is burning, While’st you’re, still in bed. Pop right up! Yep,...

When I pass by, Up Union Hill, I know he’s inside, Peering, Peeking, Silently Still, Wondering whom am I. I wave. He never shows himself,...

*photo by Troy Carr I came upon it rather, By chance, Or was it destiny? There alone it was upright in the woods, Beckoning, Silently, A...

I ran across an 80 year old man in a bright red North Face, XC Skiing in these Appalachians. He caught up to me and as he zipped by I...

Today, believe it or not, I grieved getting old. And it wasn't really all that bad. There are good memories; there's some things that...

The years passed by, And I Never noticed, Where’st they went, Had no clue, How swiftly, How sneakedly, They flit and flew. I was just a...