Archive - Ripples of Laughter

I share the shadow

It is the Lenten season, and for me, a time to look inside.

Mar 11 •

February 2025

Some days small talk is all I have.

Feb 19 •

January 2025

What if now and then met for coffee?

Jan 31 •

For the first time in several years I have no New Year’s Resolutions.

Jan 13 •

December 2024

Advent with Lewis

This year I am teaching a C.S.

Dec 23, 2024 •

November 2024

Sometimes I am stuck looking in one direction.

Nov 25, 2024 •

Raindrop Stories

It finally rained this weekend in Tyler.

Nov 4, 2024 •

October 2024

From the waiting room

For those that still read paper, this poem helped me consider why we might find travel magazines in the doctor’s office.

Oct 2, 2024 •

September 2024

Sometimes, prayer is so hard.

Sep 9, 2024 •

August 2024

Sometimes it’s hard to believe that daily bread will really be waiting in the morning.

Aug 19, 2024 •

July 2024

A poem for summer.

Jul 29, 2024 •

According to Job, "so with old age is wisdom," and I guess with the multiplication of gray hairs and the shrinking of stature (which I can hardly…

Jul 8, 2024 •

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