Rick Reiley's Blog – October 2009 Archive (4)

'Here's To Us'

coyright 2009 by Rick Reiley



Here's to the people who make things happen

Workers of body and mind

Those who tote barges and lift up bales

And hang their lives on the line



Here's to those who accomplish a little

And those who accomplish a lot

Those who make breakfast and pour morning coffee

And paint lines on the parking lot



Here's to the others, the culprits and misfits

The ones who don't fit at… Continue

No earth shattering revelations here. Just fell out.





'Guilty Parties'



I am surrounded by guilty parties

And sometimes the guilty party all night long

It's hard to sleep when these guilty parties

All break out in song



I am surrounded by conflicts of conscience

Or maybe just good intentions gone astray

I am surrounded by guilty parties

Guilty parties either way



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When I was a baby the world was… Continue

'Old Dogs'

I've got an old dog in my backyard. Nothing new about that scenario but this is an old dog that's new to me. He's lost and is looking for his home. He's a shepard mix of some sort and old enough to have met Columbus when his ship first arrived- at east that's what I'm guessing. He's blind, partly crippled and deaf with a tumor on his right hind leg. But he's a good old dog.



He was wandering in heavy traffic out on W. Main Friday afternoon, looking helpless when a lady… Continue

Field of Dreams.......I saw the movie many years ago. My interpretation of the movie Field of Dreams is that our dreams...are often times are far more important to us and to others than we realize. (I emphasize others in this case). Sometimes we have to let the dream have a life of its own in the real world and let it play out. Many times it's not the reality of the dream coming true but the process that unfolds that is the most important reality. I separate dreams occasionally from idle… Continue