Category: Five Minute Observation
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My Turn
We didn’t lose generosity to greed. We lost it to convenience. The voice is still there. It’s just waiting for someone to act on it. New post at fiveminuteobservations.com.
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Deserving of Walkout Music
Does anyone throw a party for staying? For quietly inconveniencing yourself when leaving made more sense? Nobody cues the walkout music for that. But they should.
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On Time
Would God really bring me halfway around the world to die in a foreign country? Find out today. Five Minute Observations.
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Worth Reading. Worth Hearing.
The algorithm rewards volume. And packaging. But what does it do with the craft? Here’s what I didn’t say in the comment box.
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The Cheap Seats
Yesterday I wrote replies for strangers on LinkedIn. By the fifth one, I caught it. Same question, every time. I just didn’t know I was asking it.
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What You Hear
One word changes everything. The four-day email thread wasn’t about grammar.
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She Lost Me at Ontological
Four times. Then I gave up. Here’s what storytelling can do that complicated writing can’t.
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The Wall That Isn’t There
Charlie wiped away a tear. “She kept showing up. She didn’t have to. But she did.” His first sponsor was a Black woman from Sikeston. She was the first person who ever loved him for who he was.
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The Dogs Always Said Yes
Some Saturdays, you load up and head downtown to Spanish Street. Freeze-dried candy. Lemonade. Pretzel bites from Wat’s Knots Pretzels. And the dogs. Bella rarely asked permission. The dogs never minded.
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With Me When It’s Scariest
I was five the first time I dialed a phone. A yellow rotary on the wall. My grandmother’s number. My dad behind me on the barstool. I’ve been dialing scary numbers ever since.
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UFO Sighting in Missouri: She Wasn’t Lying
She pointed at the blurry picture on her phone. “This right here — this is a real UFO.” Traveling these curvy Missouri hills, she waved it in front of me. For a second, I thought we might crash.
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Armadillo. Egret. Squirrel. Rainbow.
Seventeen squirrels. Two white egrets. One armadillo staring me down. And a rainbow waiting at home. Less than two hours. Less than five miles. More than I expected. #FiveMinuteObservations
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The Overqualification Olympics
Overqualified. Overeducated. Over fifty. Enthusiastic. Reasonably caffeinated. This is my situation, and I am choosing to find it funny. Mostly.
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Prepositions Matter
Most of us pray FOR and call it hope IN. We do not notice the preposition doing theological work. Until we do.
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Do You Remember When?
One flavor of Doritos. Three sizes of drinks. A show inside a show inside a memory. Yesterday’s break room conversation turned into something bigger.