A year ago, take a few days, I started blogging about the winds of change, literal winds, that had pulled down a tree in Kansas City's Cooley Park and sent it through our back wall. Some $30K of damage, excellent insurance coverage and superb help from our general contractor Derick Defreece, we completed a year … Continue reading Winds of Change … a virtual storm
Author: Sir Rhodri
Creational and relational type Renaissance man (writer, singer, thinker) holding to C.S Lewis's credo that if you follow truth originality takes care of itself, (anyway, originality is so yesterday, anyway.) That I have my wonderful wife Jasini is proof enough for me that life isn't fair. If it was fair I wouldn't have her, and instead she is my most faithful example that I am blessed beyond measure. My two adult children are the same unmerited blessing to me. We should all be thankful life is not fair but blessed.
Winds of Change Anniversary
I believe the wind whipped through Oct. 14, 2017 but I consider Oct. 15 the anniversary -- that is when we could see it and assess, and begin the process of rebuilding. And today we finished that year cycle. While there are things to be done to the house, our move from old to new … Continue reading Winds of Change Anniversary
#303: Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 Jesus, Savior, pilot me Over life's tempestuous sea: Unknown waves before me roll, Hiding rocks and treach'rous shoal; Chart and compass come from Thee -- Jesus, Savior, pilot me. 2 As a mother still her child, Thou … Continue reading #303: Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me
An unexpected defrost
Yesterday I got up in the morning and went to the kitchen set on the simple mission of picking up my breakfast and retreating. It was not to be. And I cannot blame it on the presence of anyone else, because each of the events that got added to the mission profile was something of … Continue reading An unexpected defrost
A Blast of the Past #154: Grün
September 2012 saw the movement to center stage of Grün as the character I created in cake and icing for Nathan's Birthday. The character was, and still is, an original. Nathan took to drawing box shapes (squares, rectangles) and then adding faces to the boxes. Grün got his name from the German word for green, since … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #154: Grün
A Look Ahead — Kansas City Renaissance Festival
Through September 23 — Mamma Mia at New Theatre Restaurant On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother’s past to the door of the church. Featuring the #1 hits of legendary group ABBA, DANCING QUEEN, KNOWING ME-KNOWING YOU, TAKE A … Continue reading A Look Ahead — Kansas City Renaissance Festival
#302: Lead Me, Savior
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 Savior, lead me, lest I stray, (lest I stray), Gently lead me all the way; (all the way;) I am safe when by Thy side, (by Thy side) I would in Thy love abide. (love abide.) CHORUS … Continue reading #302: Lead Me, Savior
Sabbatical Update: Fall
And now it is fall. The sabbatical is going well on several fronts, but the primary front still needs additional effort. At the same time, summer to fall means that everyone needs to have some changes in their plans. Seasonal work means that: by season, and so new work for a new season needs to … Continue reading Sabbatical Update: Fall
Fitness Update: long weekends and slow weeks
It is hard to detail, especially on a post, what made up my week, fitness wise. I did a lot of physical activity, but little of it organized in the workout categories that I wanted. I also had long days on the weekend -- going from work to home, and then by the time I … Continue reading Fitness Update: long weekends and slow weeks
#301: The King of Love My Shepherd Is
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 The King of love my Shepherd is, Whose goodness faileth never; I nothing lack if I am His And He is mine forever. 2 Where streams of living water flow My ransomed soul He leadeth, And, where … Continue reading #301: The King of Love My Shepherd Is
