riding in the car...

alright, I'll start this one.

riding in the car the windows down. even in the middle of winter just to feel the wind. pierce through me, blow me away. scatter all that is within me, churn what is stagnated.

if i had no limitations i would...

physical limitations? financial? What would you do if there was nothing that you could NOT do? When would you do it? Why would you do it? Or would you change nothing at all?

In five years...

when i was 8...

go for it. Write. Can you remember back to that time?

The color of hunger...

Write about it.

What would you say about the color of hunger? Does the color also have a smell or a taste or a sound? Do you associate hunger with something? What?

Post your comments and tell me what you think...

Describe a bug...

This is one of my favorite poems:

"A bug is a bug like a person is a person."

Any ideas or thoughts about that one? Sitting at the soccer field one hot summer afternoon, my son pointed at the sky and said, "Mom, look at that bug." Now it was a dragonfly which is some kind of flying insect, probably. Technically. The point is, he would point to any small, crawling thing and call it a bug. Worm, spider, ladybug, fly, katydid. They are all bugs. So, describe a bug. Here's my best attempt:

A bug has more than two legs, spiny little thorny needle grasping leg things. So a worm is not a bug. Nor is a person a bug. Or a bird. A bug has a few eyes, but I'm not sure how many. Their eyes are usually bulbous and I don't think they have eyelids. I'm pretty sure bugs have wings but I think their wings fold back onto their back so, technically, butterflies wouldn't be bugs, I guess. I think bugs have an armor-like covering to protect them from predators but doesn't help so well that it aids against making that cracking crunching sound when they are stepped on. I think they have antennae maybe for communicating because I don't think they talk, or bark, or anything else. When I think of the word "bug" it usually looks something like a cricket, praying mantis, beetle kind of thing...

That's simply my bug-thoughts. Yours may vary and that's the point.
Now: describe a person.

A person has two legs... or does it?

the free store

come, all you who are thirsty. come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.

why do you spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy?

these words are from Isaiah 55:1-2. i was thinking of them today... how is it that the hungry and thirsty can eat, drink and be filled (it says "delight yourself in abundance") without money and without cost?

read on... Isaiah 56 encourages the Lord's followers to "Maintain justice and do what is right...
read on... Isaiah 58. The Lord tells His people to "loose the chains of injustice... share your food with the hungry... provide the poor wanderer with shelter... clothe the naked... spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry... satisfy the needs of the oppressed"

share, share, share. spend yourself for the poor. be a rich blessing for those in poverty. do not save up and accumulate for your own comfort but bless and be a blessing.

eric and i are challenged by this... anyone else? any thoughts or comments? our God is A GOD OF THE LEAST