Friday, August 28, 2020

August  28,  2020


GRAVITY

I spot a pencil on the kitchen  floor.
It fell.
The pitcher of cold water
with ice securely remains  
on the refrigerator shelf
because of gravity.
Likewise the liverwurst and cheese ….
Gravity along with plenty of
water are essential to life on
this earth.
The calendar on the kitchen wall
tells me what day and month and year it is.
Slowly my posture and my body
tell me I’m slowly sinking back
down to earth.
I’ll drink to that – a cold glass of
water – remaining in the glass –
for now - gravity. Time and eternity.


© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020


 August  28, 2020


Thought  for  Today 


“God loves each of us as if there was only one of us.”

Augustine
How could anyone do that?
You’d have to be God.
 

Thursday, August 27, 2020


WE'LL  ALWAYS  HAVE  CHARTRES


Many people who have seen the movie, Casablanca, have said for the rest of their lives, "We'll always have Paris."




Well, if you ever get to Paris - take the train - of if you have a rent-a-car - to Chartres - and you'll always have that town and cathedral - but especially the stained glass windows  - in your mind's eye for the rest of your life. 






August 27, 2020



STAINED  GLASS  EYES


Sometimes you have to listen to me,
or better:  to watch me, to see what
kind of a mood I’m in today. Blue, dark
blue – then again sometimes everyone
is doing better than me, so I’m green
with envy – or when things get better,
I’m yellow - cold butter yellow -  bright
and alive for everything you want to
spread on my daily bread – and then
when I’m down, I’m brown, grey,
or red with hurt – kind of moody, eh?
But that’s what stained glass windows
can do to me when I drop into a grey
stone church on a quiet afternoon.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020


August  27,  2020 


Thought  for  Today 
 
“Summer  afternoon –  summer afternoon;
to me those have been
the two most beautiful words
in the English language.”

Henry James
Painting: Summer
Afternoon by 
Norico DeWitt

Wednesday, August 26, 2020


August  26,  2020


PICK   A   CARD


Pick a card, not a king or queen 
of hearts or diamonds or spades. 

Pick a card, with a word on it: 
respect or balance, love or forgiveness. 

Pick a card with an attitude on it: 
gratitude or honesty or  awe. 

Pick a card and then play it every day 
in every way and count your winnings. 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

August   26,   2020



Thought  for  Today

“Every reformation must have its victims.  You can’t expect the fatted calf to show the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal’s return.”  

Saki, Reginald
and the Academy