Drive-Through Bueno Christmas Feast

December 27, 2020 Joey Cope 0

This was one of those Christmases that challenge the best of event schedulers. Between the pandemic and necessary quarantines and testing, and the natural rhythms of families connected to yet other families, Christmas celebrations were scattered on various calendar dates like sugar sprinkles on those holiday cookies. So Nancy and [read more]

Sky Writing

A Good Way Toward Better

December 25, 2020 Joey Cope 0

This is my 66th Christmas Day. Although I can vaguely remember the details, long ago I had plans and goals for where I would be in life and how I would measure success. Dim memories. Today I find myself satisfied with being a good way toward better. My quick browse [read more]

Unfathomable Choice

Unfathomable Choices

May 4, 2020 Joey Cope 1

Sometimes we face unfathomable choices. And we find a number of ways to deal with them. We delay. We refuse to carefully examine the pieces close to the surface of the issue to determine what those pieces are hiding. Because the questions are so deep, or perhaps we are fatigued [read more]

Struggling with Art

An Eye for What Can Be

April 28, 2020 Joey Cope 4

My existence has been marked by short-lived aspirations. I think it’s because I have not always had an eye for what can be. One of the many little known facts about me is that I was an art minor in college. I started as a biology major with a chemistry [read more]

EGLINT – My Word for 2020

January 4, 2020 Joey Cope 4

Eglint. That’s my word for the new year. I have a lot of friends who engage in the practice of choosing a word to think about and explore for an entire year. Their explanations for their choices at the beginning of the year and their reflections on the revelations that [read more]