LFS: The Storyteller

©2014 by LeeZard The time has come today….. Chambers Brothers Ti-i-i-ime is on my side, yes it is….. Rolling Stones Time keeps on slippin,’ slippin,’ slippin’ into the future….. Steve Miller Band Who invented “time?” If you enter the question into Google, several sites address the question and all in a similar way; nobody invented time. If you look further  you learn that the concept of time was more the evolution of observation(s), i.e. the changing of the seasons, the rising and setting of the sun and moon, etc. I’ve looked at several explanations of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity and, frankly, my eyeballs start rolling back into my head. Clearly I am not a physicist. The closest thing I found to an understandable (to moi) explanation is at  http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/02088/einstein.htm : “In 1915, Albert Einstein first proposed his theory of special relativity.  Essentially, this theory proposes the universe we live in includes four ...

©2013 by LeeZard Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes…… Billy Joel, Say Goody-bye to Hollywood Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping, into the future…… Steve Miller, Fly Like an Eagle Time is an illusion….. Albert Einstein Courtesy of  Sarah Sharbach There are friends in life and then there are the people you love. These are the friends with whom, even if you don’t see them for years, you can still resume the last conversation in mid-sentence. If we are very lucky we have more than one or two of these friends. I am blessed to count Jim and Jackie Stutzman in that circle. Sadly, Jackie passed away late last month, following a brief, valiant battle with Leukemia. We of my generation are certainly becoming aware of our mortality but this is not a Boomer’s view on life and death. Nor is this a eulogy, an obituary or even a tribute (although a Jackie tribute could fill several pages); this is a reflection on TIME. I met Jim Stutz...