June 2, 2018

TALK  TO  ME 

A son wouldn’t talk

to his father,

no matter what.

I said to him,

“Talk to your father,

no matter what.”

Ten years later

I met the two of them and

the son said to me, “Thank you.”

But I had forgotten 

what that matter

was all about. Did they?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

Vigeland Park, Oslo Norway
Got there in 2009

June 1st, 2018

JUST  ONE  TRICK

Before we die, hopefully,

we all can do one trick.

Like juggle 3 tangerines

or "walk the dog" with a yo yo

or make great paper airplanes.

Before we die, hopefully

we all know and practice the essentials:

Like: “I love you.” “Do you need help?”

“Can I get you a glass of water.”

“I forgive you.” “Please forgive me.”

  

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018

June 1, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“… clocks ticking … and  Mama’s  sunflowers. And food and coffee. And new-ironed dresses and hot baths … and sleeping and waking up. Oh, earth, you’re too wonderful for anybody to realize you.” 

Thornton Wilder,  Our Town

May 31, 2018

VISITATION

Stopped in to see my sister.... 

Much, much, much different 

than those unconscious moments 

of childhood with her at the beach 

and subway and trolley and park and

walking to school together back then.

Old age has its aching bones 

but the conversations about 

when we were young makes 

the unconscious conscious - 

makes the invisible visible, helps

me to see what I didn't see back then. 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018  

May 31, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“The Roman pontiff can   and ought to reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism, and modern civilization.”  

Pope Pius IX (1792-1878)

May 30, 2018 

Thought for today: 

“Religious awe is the  same  organic thrill we feel in a forest at twilight, or in a mountain gorge.” 

William James

May 30, 2018

THE SCENT

The scent said, “Enough of this

only being on the back of her neck.

I want to explore so much more.”

So she slid off her owner's skin and

rode a dozen elevators, subways

and put 100 men into a pause!

“Now,” she said, “this is my destiny.”

She laughed because that was her very

own name on her very own bottle: “Destiny!”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018