June 2025 – thewritingprofessor55

Truly Unexpected or Simply Avoided

Hello from the Beetle, I am waiting to meet someone, preparing to share breakfast and listen to their stories about being in a new place for their summer. Four amazing young people have traveled from Quito and Cuenca in Ecuador to spend a summer learning new skills in the restaurant, and in some ways theyContinue reading “Truly Unexpected or Simply Avoided”

Hej fra Humlebæk

Indeed, Hej fra Humlebæk! I am back two years later almost to the day to visit Anton, Carla, Anne Marie, and Hans Christian. My first visit for Anton’s graduation from gymnasium was wonderful, and now, returning again to their beautiful little village on the coast is as tremendous as the first time, but having aContinue reading “Hej fra Humlebæk”

Prayers and Promises

Hello on another rainy evening in Pennsylvania, While I asserted we needed some substantial rain back in April, when showers are expected, it is now mid-June and the showers, drizzle, downpours, and incessant forms of precipitation continue. There have been flood warnings more than once, and yet, on a positive note, things are as greenContinue reading “Prayers and Promises”

How and Why

Hello on a quiet, but beautiful June morning, The time from Winter to impending Summer has another season, and it is transitional, but this concluding last couple weeks of that connection between the shortest to the longest day of the year seemed anything but predictable. Some warm days in the 80s in early April spoiledContinue reading “How and Why”

Dreaming and Beyond

Hello from Williamsport, I have been here in Williamsport more in the last 10 days than perhaps in the entire time I lived in Bloomsburg (16 years). Between meeting with Pennsylvania College of Technology, helping some with Social Security issues, and now getting my Real ID, I could probably put my car on autopilot toContinue reading “Dreaming and Beyond”

Harmony: Difficult to Create; Harder to Maintain

Hello from the Former F&F, now Cafe Martha, It’s a day off with an actual feeling of solitude, something that is difficult to come by as of late, and for a number of reasons. Retired life seems anything, but, and yet there is a freedom, even in the busyness of lately, perhaps because I knowContinue reading “Harmony: Difficult to Create; Harder to Maintain”