September  16,  2020

AUTHOR!  AUTHOR!

 

The audience were excited.
 
They were to hear from 3 authors on
a Sunday – in a community college auditorium.
 
The first author – a 70 year old
woman – said it took her 40 years
to write her book – and even then -
she was filled with hesitations.
 
The second author – a younger
woman said it took her – 7 weeks –
to write her book – now a best seller.
 
The third author – a middle aged guy
in a flannel shirt – said it took him –
5 years to write his book.
 
They read excerpts from their book.
They did a Q. and A. on their book.
They signed copies of their book.
They told the audience what they had
in mind for their next book.
 
Then the audience went home – and
surprise most reread two of those books –
but now from a very different perspective.
 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

September 16, 2020

 

Thought for Today

 “If the best man’s faults were written on his forehead  it would make him pull his hat over his eyes.”

 

Gaelic proverb

September   15,  2020

CHOICE

 

If you were a brick,
and if you had a choice,
where would you like to end up?
 
Near the front door, as part of
the front steps, with a chance
to listen to folks each evening?
 
Up near the top where you could
see two different streets and the
harbor – seeing ships come and go?
 
As a paper weight of a musician
working on an opus – near an
open window – composing greatness?
 
What about being part of a prison,
a hospital, a nursing home, a day care
center, a stadium or a church?
 
If you were a brick,
would you ask, “Can I’ll tell you
where I don’t want to be?”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 202

 September   15,  2020

Thought for Today

 

“Nothing you write,  if you hope to be any good,  will ever  come out as you first hoped.”

 

Lillian Hellman

September 14,  2020  

 

PRODIGAL  SON

 
There are moments and
there are moments ….
 
There are memories and
there are memories ….
 
Some moments become
memories we can’t forget ….
 
The son messed up.
All he remembered was the embrace.
 
The father waited.
All he remembered was the “Thank you.”
 
The older brother missed the celebration.
All he remembered was the refusal.
 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020

 September  14,  2020

Thought for Today

 “When we are not sure,  we are alive.”

Graham Green

September  13,  2020

MUSIC

 
I don’t know about you,
but most of the time,
I don’t get music, notes,
tones or tunes. I know there
are different  instruments –
and I know the sounds they make.
For example, pianos, drums,
trombones, and saxophones,
but I don’t know how to play them.
Sometimes music takes
on the savage beast in me.
Sometimes I tap my fingers
and tap my toes. Sometimes
I connect drums to the drum
beat in my heart – so I hope
that means there is hope for me.
Toot. Toot. How about you?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2020