Chasing Solomon

Are things calm for you today?

“Chasing Solomon” was written as a tribute to my grandmother, Dee. Among all the ways her life could be characterized, calm would have to be high on the list. In spite of whatever turmoil was around her, she always remained calm. Ninety eight years of being calm. It’s hard to imagine. Once again I am finding myself thankful for a grandmother who insisted that I memorized the 23rd Psalm as a young boy. Throughout the years, I find peace in the words of this Psalm.

It seems like every direction I turn these days, there is an almost overwhelming “noise” of life. Take the current events taking place in the economy. Days are filled with Wall Street Journal articles of negative news and despair. Turn on the cable business channels and you feel like screaming “SHUT UP!” as a half dozen pundits share their thoughts about the economy simultaneously. Details