by kimmel1972 | Nov 12, 2020 | Ben's Blog
I suppose the saying is when life gives you lemons, you learn to make lemonade. In which case, I think it is suffice to say the year 2020 has been lemons galore. There have been shutdowns and losses as a result of the pandemic. There have been bankruptcies and...
by kimmel1972 | Nov 11, 2020 | Ben's Blog
There is this tree that we call our family. Each limb holds a position. Each branch divides and splits in their own subdivision. There are mothers, brothers, cousins, uncles, fathers and aunts and there are the extended families, which are not related by blood, but...
by kimmel1972 | Nov 10, 2020 | Ben's Blog
I see them now the same as I’ve seen them for a long time. They are young and perhaps getting younger to me. They are entering into a new chapter. They’re just kids, or, at least this is what we say.“They’re just kids!” And they are. They’re kids in a world that keeps...
by kimmel1972 | Nov 9, 2020 | Ben's Blog
There are words we use, which we often use without thinking because to us the words are commonplace. And to us, they’re just words. But words have meaning. Words mean more than what they say. Words tell a story. Words paint a picture and both define and describe a...
by kimmel1972 | Nov 8, 2020 | Ben's Blog
And here it is, sunrise, Sunday morning, and the leaves have all fallen from the trees surrounding my home. The mountains behind my property take on the hues of sunrise and the empty tree limbs hold the varying shades of red and orange. I say this is beautiful. I say...
by kimmel1972 | Nov 7, 2020 | Ben's Blog
What I am about to write is no easy task. However, this is something that I offer you as a means of friendship. This is something from me to you, which, actually, this is an offering. This is from me to you as an explanation to the way I relate to the things you say....
