Monday Musings

May 12, 2025

Continue reading Monday Musing ~ The Gift of Many Mothers at Tulis McCall.

I was not raised to be hopeful. I was raised to be Catholic. We were an Irish Catholic family, unless you count my dad who was Methodist but not showy about it. He and my mother were married in the 1940’s when mixed religion marriages were frowned upon. That being accomplished there not much to discuss, philosophically speaking. He was a Christian. We were Christians. Not much difference in Point of View except that my Dad’s God didn’t care whether or not my Dad went to church. Our Catholic God, on the other hand, was a bit of nitpicker on that score.

Continue reading Monday Musing ~ Hope v. Hell – 2023 Revisited at Tulis McCall.

It is the season of the peepers. In high school the peepers came in partnership with the spring concert for which we rehearsed weeks and weeks in advance. Everyone who wanted to get in GOT in. Music was a leveling agent. “Here are the notes. Sing them.” And if you weren’t so good at it, the teacher put you next to someone who was so you could get a leg up.

Continue reading Monday Musing ~ The Peepers Return at Tulis McCall.

“The Ten Commandments,” THE MOVIE. I was six years old and I had it bad for Charlton Heston. Seriously who wouldn’t? His hair turned from short and dark to majestic and long and grey then white and WAVY. Heston was buffed and spent a lot of time without a shirt. He was also tan and righteous. What 6 year old girl could resist that.

Continue reading Monday Musing ~ New England Easter-Time Memories at Tulis McCall.

...this epidemic of good deeds and dispositions was out of my control. I put down my book and watched as the Samaritans began to multiply out on the street. A pizza guy stopped to hold a door open. A woman stood still while her dog said hello to a puppy. A man on his phone paused his call and executed a tiny soccer move to stop something rolling down the street being chased by a panicked teenager....

Continue reading Monday Musing ~ Bronchial Yak has sidelined me. This archived entry on KINDNESS may be just the remedy in more ways than one… at Tulis McCall.

...We will not be driven byfear into an age of unreason... We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty..." Edward R. Murrow, March 9, 1954

Continue reading Monday Musing ~ Edward R. Murrow’s Words Still True at Tulis McCall.

My father was born on April Fool’s Day. Once I was old enough to understand the ramifications of that I imagined the doctor telling my grandfather he had a son and wondered if Grampy might have asked if this was an April Fool’s joke.

Continue reading Monday Musing ~ My Father Was An April Fool (Revisited) at Tulis McCall.

what happens every single time I take a power walk in my neighborhood park is this is: I come home feeling better. Even if I don’t want to.

Continue reading Monday Musing ~ That Old Springtime Depression Remedy: Operation Daffodil Rescue at Tulis McCall.

"Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." Only engage and the mind grows heated; begin and then the task will be completed.

Continue reading Monday Musing ~ Pandemic Anniversary And The Resistance at Tulis McCall.

I don’t know about you but this year Daylight Savings nonsense has knocked me ass-over-teakettle. I was never phased by this before.

Continue reading Monday Musing ~ Daylight Savings Kerfuffle ~What’s The Point? at Tulis McCall.