Sermonette?
Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Friday, Feb. 4, 2005. Where was I? Friendship, before I got so full of myself. Friendship broadly and specifically. Now, as an adult, as a man, as an American. Marriage and. … Work and. … It’s a theme that could be developed in occasional Bricks. I have no answers and […]
Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005. Friendship needs addressing, maybe tomorrow. It’s not a reaction to a news item, either, like most Bricks. But it is a reaction, to how this subject broadly came up in me, even though I don’t know. With this as the latest example, all writing is reaction, […]
Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Friday, January 7, 2005. It’s important to be efficient. To not reinvent the wheel is my oft-repeated goal, likely annoying others. Definition: Coming to know what works and what doesn’t, what is tolerable and what drives you batty. It’s a process of elimination, where over the years you gain knowledge […]
Knowing you too well is not enough Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Friday, Dec. 17, 2004: Here’s a concept that just barely occurred to me, 11:30 p.m., a month after the local funeral for Mom, on Wednesday 17 November, following her Monday 15 November passing. No one quite understands you as a parent does. And […]
Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Thursday, October 21, 2004. We went to the new Blair Library on Tuesday, after lunch at Jammin’ Java with friends, She to the video section and I in my cap upstairs to grab a couple of novels by William Humphrey, a biography of whom I’ll be reviewing shortly. I said […]
Copyright 2004 Ben S. Pollock Wednesday 18 February 2004. Monday night at community band, the euphonium section sat beside the trombones. It was just one baritone player, and she looked unfamiliar. I introduced myself. This was indeed her first night with the Arkansas Winds. She sat by us because that’s where baris traditionally sit; no […]