BY THE NUMBERS I am reading a book. It is about Numbers. Lots and lots of numbers. Thousands of numbers. Millions of them. Billions of them. Its premise is when numbers become so large we cannot comprehend them. The authors …
Virgil’s Corner #34
A MAN NAMED BILL I thought I knew him well. After all we had worked together for many years as journalists at WJW-TV in Cleveland. But, I really discovered who Bill was on a trip long ago and far away. Bill was a …
Virgil’s Corner #33
The Hitchhiker He was alone. At the edge of a highway, he stood. The hot Oklahoma sun was high overhead. Ripples of heat rose from the pavement. They were scattered by the cars speeding by, only to reform once the vehicles were …
Virgil’s Corner #32
OH, WINTER Oh, Winter, how cold your winds do blow, Oh, Winter, how white your snow which covers the land and bare branches of trees once green with the leaves of a long ago summer. Oh, Winter, your wrath has transformed …
Virgil’s Corner #31
Reading at a Wedding The Blessing of the Hands. These are the hands of your best friend - young and strong and full of love for you - that you are holding on this, your wedding day, as you promise to love each other today, …
Virgil’s Corner #30
AUTUMN MUSINGS What is this feeling when Autumn winds begin to blow? Sending leaves of summer past swirling to and fro… tossing, twisting, tumbling in the air as they break away from trees they once called home. Some ready, …
Virgil’s Corner #29
A WAY TO LOOK AT LIFE Once all the villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer all the people gathered, but only one boy came with an umbrella. That is Faith. When you throw babies in the air, they laugh because …
Virgil’s Corner #28
A RAINY AFTERNOON They fall….and fall…and fall… Silver drops…tiny drops… But…so many… They plummet from the high above…from.. Clouds that gave them birth… They fall and fall and fall Through the …