Have You Ever Played Baseball with a Green Tomato

Well you could. I found that out the hard way. The hard way may not be the right phrase. The correct phrase probably should be the absent minded way. I was given a bag of vegetable from a generous co-worker. In order to keep this bunch of corn, squash and tomatoes from going bad, I placed these items in the office freezer. This worked out fine for the corn and the squash not so much for the green tomato. I took the bag out of the freezer and checked the vegetables. I felt around and out of the bag fell a green tomato. It fell to the floor and went

Thud.............Thud...........Thud.....

Well crap, I said to myself. No fried green tomatoes for me. I was seriously disappointed.

After getting over my initial frustration, I began to notice something. This tomato, it had a certain weight to it. When it hit the floor, it bounced a little bit. Since the tomato was not fully grown, it fit almost perfectly in the palm of my hand. The way the notches at the top of the tomato were set it would seem very easy to get some good motion with the little vegetable, perhaps a wicked slider or a good two seam fastball

The little thing had all the qualities of a good baseball substitute. So if you ever need a cheap baseball give it a try, it just might work.

You can put it up there with the other cool things that happen in freezing temperatures, such as your tongue sticking to a frozen metal pole or wet clothes freezing on a clothes line and thawing dry. (You would think they would thaw wet).

So once all this heat passes, give it a try and play a little green tomato baseball

Breeze

“I don’t know if we each have a destiny, or if we’re all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it’s both. Maybe both is happening at the same time.” – Forrest Gump

Chasing the dreams of your heart.
Bumping into each other along the way.
Growing and learning together
As our paths converge and part on a whim.

All the while not knowing the ultimate destination.
Using the talents of your mind, body, and soul.
As the craft to carry you through the current.
The vessel that accelerates you to the distant horizon.

As the wind blows
Your will propelling you to new heights
And once the Breeze lifts you to the heavens,
You realize maybe it is both.

jab

Mountains

Clutter

Boom, Swish, Bang
Wake up, rush, Work
City Streets, meetings, Red Tape
Initiatives, Treatise, Oversight

Attempts to make things right
Personal motives in plain sight
What good may come of these things
Depends on the heart of the people who bring

The change that will surely come.

jab