The Mouths Will Rise Again

On Saturday our neighbors moved to Arizona. A young family. The wife, husband, boy, girl, and dogs just up and left. A job opportunity for mom. Starts right away. Quick. Like that, they were gone. We live in a cul-de-sac, with an island in the middle of the circle where children play, and their house, … Continue reading The Mouths Will Rise Again →

Name-Calling

“I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.” ― Rodney Dangerfield I find myself, in my dotage, mortified to hear the President of the United States “name-calling” others publicly. When I was growing up, in the era of Eisenhower, then JFK, and then LBJ, … Continue reading Name-Calling →

The Dungeon of Difficult Dispensers

Sometimes here at the Profound Bartender...we try to have a little sense of humor in our writing once in a while, so we might stretch the story just a wee bit here and there.. I walked to the sink, raised my hands to the front of the spout and waited for water to gush forth. … Continue reading The Dungeon of Difficult Dispensers →

A Time Misspent Lament

Every day too short to finish what I wish Every day too filled with taking sitz and pish Too much sleep required for constant overwork Too much sleep a waste like dancing when it’s twerk Ev’ry brush of hair or showering excesses Ev’ry razor’s shave swiped only to impress’us. Every phish that’s … Continue reading A Time Misspent Lament →

Ten Dollars Just to Get You Through

I wrote these lyrics awhile back, not long after my mother died. Obviously, they aren't from a professional song writer, but these just came from the heart. This time of year, I am filled with gratitude even more than I am usually. Thankfulness for so many gifts I've been given. Even for tough things that have … Continue reading Ten Dollars Just to Get You Through →

Hey Profound Bartender

“I have made the journey into Nothing. I have lit that lamp that needs no oil.” ~Hafiz, That Lamp That Needs No Oil, p. 148 -Hey mister, you work here? -No kid, I’m just pouring this pint for the fun of it. S’up? -My buddy told me there was an older guy named Mikey here … Continue reading Hey Profound Bartender →

Buh Bye 2017, Howdy 2018

“Both rituals and telescopes are portals to the mysterious and to wonder,” ~Michael Kroth “I think everyone in every culture has felt a sense of awe and wonder looking at the sky. This is reflected throughout the world in both science and religion.” ~Carl Sagan, Varieties of Scientific Experience, p. 2 The vastness of a new … Continue reading Buh Bye 2017, Howdy 2018 →

Christmas Morn, Mourn, and More’n

“One cannot imagine a world in which there is nothing but language and speech, but one can imagine a world where there is nothing but silence.’ ~Max Picard, The World of Silence, p. 17 It’s early Christmas morn. Silence. Dark throughout the house. Outside the slow crunch of four tires atop the fresh, soft, white … Continue reading Christmas Morn, Mourn, and More’n →

Hey Profound Bartender

“Day and night gifts keep pelting down on us. If we were aware of this, gratefulness would overwhelm us. But we go through life in a daze.” ~Fr. David Steindl-Rast, A Listening Heart: The Spirituality of Sacred Sensuousness, 1999, p. 48 -Sir? Sir? Are you the one they call Mikey? I understand the other … Continue reading Hey Profound Bartender →

Hey Profound Bartender

“I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.” ~John Muir (1988), John Muir in his own words: a book of quotations, p. 73 -Hey Mikey, I was walkin’ my pups the othuh day and – I’m not kiddin’ you … Continue reading Hey Profound Bartender →