Dr Gary Frazier

Hell is For Real

Heaven and hell...  Two things that some people don't want to think about but what if heaven is for real and hell is for real?  Where do you think you will end up?  It's going to be one or the other, don't you think?  Dr. Gary Frazier wrote a book about hell for that exact reason.  Think about it.  If good and evil exist in this present world then what makes sense?  

Music

A Haunting Melody...

A quiet place to listen...
A quiet place to rest...
listening to a melody
that reaches your innermost soul.

A haunting melody
that brings back memories
of good times and bad
and sometimes makes you sad.

I remember different
types of music
and where the music played.
Remembrances of places I've been.

@JoSH Poetic Popcorn Poetry

I remember spending a summer in Connecticut and the different kinds of music I listened to there.  Listening to Hotel California makes me think of Connecticut which is really odd because you would think it would make me think of California.  That's the summer I learned to dance.

Remember the song, The Three Little Pigs?  That was entertaining because the pig voices were so high...  That song makes me think of Wisconsin only because that song played over and over again on MTV.

My favorite instrumental composer is Giovanni.  His music is so cathartic it makes your soul want to cry.

Douglas Gresham

Jack's Life

This book is a personal memoir of C S Lewis written by his stepson.  C S Lewis was at one time an atheist.  Read this book and find out why he no longer was one.  What does C S stand for?  It stands for Clive Staples.  However all of his good friends knew him as Jack!  

Friendship With Love

A Dog & A Squirrel

A dog goes
round and round
chasing a tail
that is forever
moving.

A squirrel
runs up a tree
and down
a tree.
Up down!

One day
the squirrel
spies the dog.
Hmmm...
what do I see?

The dog is
thinking
really a squirrel?
Why me?
Why thee?

However through
circumstances
that fall into place
they fall in love
together.

And now they're
married and
expecting
a new creation
all their own.

What is the
likely outcome
of an unusual
pairing?
Something cute!

Don't you think?

@JoSH Poetic Popcorn Poetry

Here'a poem dedicated to a couple that is expecting their first child.  They got through their college years together and tied the knot not too long ago.  Congrats my youngest sibling!

Friendships Last

Multi-Faceted Friends

When I was a child 
I had a best friend.
We used to have 
fun
holding our own
with the guys
that would tease us.

Then I got older
and my friends 
were my clubhouse.
In fact
we spent endless
summers playing
kickball and biking.  

Teenage friendships
were all about 
crushes
and 
notes we would 
pass going from 
one class to the other.  

College friends
you keep or
you let go of.
Because
life goes on
and college 
doesn't stay the same.

Then you get older
and everyone's 
tougher
with
having 
experienced
love and love lost.

Heartbroken
we linger
and then
we 
let go.
but
we survive!

@JoSH Poetic Popcorn Poetry

I was thinking of the different friends I have and how they make my world go round.  Some I've known for ages.  In fact I have a best friend that I've known since I was 12.  I have another best friend that I've been friends with since college.  And another best friend that I've known for almost two decades. They are like sisters to me.  I have others too!  Each friend is different.  Multi-faceted in fact.

I have made many friends since that I value a lot.  It's true as the girl scouts say, "One is silver and the other gold."  The interesting thing about friendships is that each friend you have brings out different parts of you.  The more friends you have, the more rounded you become.  At least that's what I think.  And one telling thing about going through the bad times is that then you know who your real friends are.  

A Floral Tribute

Spring we're waiting for you!

Arctic Haiku

Very Cold

Perpetual cold
and more to come because why
groundhog sees shadow.

@JoSH Poetic Popcorn Poetry

Unfortunately the groundhog saw his shadow and so we have six more weeks of winter.  I for one am not happy.  In fact I would be exceedingly glad to live somewhere where winter just lasted for a week.  Woe is me!  Brrr...