by kimmel1972 | Nov 23, 2020 | Ben's Blog
It seems the only way to break the mood is to put on the right music. I think a good road trip is the way to go. Hop in, turn the key, put the car in drive and then head out on an empty road with nothing but the landscapes on either side. There are times when the...
by kimmel1972 | Nov 22, 2020 | Ben's Blog
As a kid, the most common answer to the question “Why?” was a simple “I don’t know.”I would always say the same thing. Why’d you do it? “I don’t know.”I would look away with a lost expression on my face. I remember the time I threw a rock that unintentionally hit a...
by kimmel1972 | Nov 20, 2020 | Ben's Blog
Jesus, I say. Where did the time go?There was a little sleepaway camp somewhere up in the mountains of a little upstate town with a lake and docks and a little beach area with screaming kids, running around and lo and behold, I was one of them.There are pictures of...
by kimmel1972 | Nov 19, 2020 | Ben's Blog
Social media has ways of reminding us about the anniversaries. from our past. the social media gods remind us of what happened on this day, last year and the years before. These are the old posts that make you say, “Oh yeah,” and remind us of where we were and who we...
by kimmel1972 | Nov 18, 2020 | Ben's Blog
There is one thing that is and will always be. And that’s life. There is and will always be life around us. There will always be something. There will be reasons why we weep and reasons to rejoice. There will be incidents and accidents, tragedies and moments so...
by kimmel1972 | Nov 17, 2020 | Ben's Blog
I see him now, older of course, and gray-haired but not weak. No, I see him now as knowingly different and aged by experience but not robbed by this in any way. No, not at all. I imagine him the way he might have looked if he were around today. I imagine the things he...
