Crooked Creek by Sue Mattingly
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi
Welcome Back Readers! I’ve missed you, but I thought of you often as I worked on Crooked Creek, trying to make it better and perhaps more relevant. Most changes will barely be perceptible, but some require an explanation. In the very beginning I declared Crooked Creek to be a “Politics Free” zone https://crookedcreek.live/2016/09/03/declaration/ and I’ve pretty […]
Welcome Guest Writer: Lula Reynolds traveled to Russia 18 years after my trip to St. Petersburg. She has graciously shared the post below about the city of Moscow. Thank you Lula! My one-day visit to Moscow in 2012 was interesting but left me with lots of questions. I had visited Communist China so knew a […]
Soul Food, Soul Music, Soul Mate Since we often reference souls we must know what a soul is, correct? Is it a soul or the soul? Do we have one? Does every person have one? Can you sell it? Can you bare it? Can you bless it, as in “Well, bless my soul!”? I used to […]
Change vs. Same You have heard the saying, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” This epigram has been running through my mind because we are discussing the subject of change. On its face, it does not seem to be true. Change is all around us from daily chores to possibly even […]
Recollections of Travel Houston In Houston, the taxi driver taking me to MD Anderson Cancer Center was gigantic. He had a Jamaican-sounding accent and wore an enormous cowboy hat. His remarks were friendly at first as he discussed the need for health care reform obviously assuming that I was interested in his opinions. He progressed […]
To Bury, Cremate, Donate, Plant – Disposal of Human Remains Another decision that must be made concerns disposal of bodily remains. For many years burial in a family or church cemetery was the norm, however that is changing for both environmental and economic reasons. In 2015 cremation rate in the US was 48.6% and expected […]
This blog is a Politics Free Zone. You, no doubt, have political opinions. Those who know me personally know that I do as well, strong ones in fact. But, I’m guessing that we have something else in common and that is being so very weary of all the political noise for the past year. It […]
Crooked Creek by Sue Mattingly 