A "reflective" moment

(Pablo Picasso, "Girl Before a Mirror", 1932)Psalm 18:26:"With the pure you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you show yourself perverse."It all started this morning when I was brushing my teeth. I was looking in the bathroom mirror and had the sudden realization that when you look in a mirror, you don't see yourself--you see yourself, backwards. You see everything behind you, but

A hedge-y endeavor

Ecclesiastes 10:10:"If the iron is blunt, and one does not whet the edge, then more strength must be exerted; but wisdom helps one to succeed."Well, that is pretty much the sum total of what the Bible has to say about splitting logs.In the last couple of weeks, I've had the fence builders out here, totally rebuilding my pasture fences. My long-eared equines (mostly my mule) have taken a toll on

The video that made the hair stand up on the back of my neck

When I watched this, I cringed. I don't know or really don't care if the man sitting on the pavement has Parkinson's or not, (I think he does, judging from his head movements) or what created the situation that put him in the position to want to counter-protest the group of Tea Partiers. I don't care about what life choices he made to be without health insurance. I don't care about his