Well, it looks like our days of roaming hotels after the fire may be coming to an end. We still have a long ways to getting back into our house. cleanup and restoration are just starting to truly get underway. But in the meantime it looks like we will soon have that interim place to … Continue reading Coming in for a landing
Category: RED — The PRISM
Establishing a timeline
Of course the house fire (arson) occurred while I was trying to treat a medical condition. Treating the infected leg has hampered the attempts to clean up the damage/rubble at the house. Likewise, the fire and its aftermath complicated treating the leg and ulimately made it take longer than I think it should have. I … Continue reading Establishing a timeline
God Moments – At Liberty (MO) Hospital
Thank you, Gideons International! Part of my healing regimen is to walk as often as possible, to prevent blood clots. During walking the floor I happened to walk into a waiting room on the floor, and discover the New Testament/Psalms left by the Gideons International. That brought back many memories of my dad and mom. … Continue reading God Moments – At Liberty (MO) Hospital
Live not by Lies
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in 1974 wrote an Essay Live not by Lies. It is worth reading still today. I have several update observations based on it, ways that people have tried to make me live by lies. "Stop shouting/yelling at me!" People accuse me of this quite often, usually, but not always, when I have actually … Continue reading Live not by Lies
Whatever Way the Wind Blows
I have been basically offline for several days, the past few in the hospital (I am still there), the couple before that my brain offline sinking into the infection that put me into the hospital. And so now I am trying to write a post, trying to decide what tone to strike, one of hope, … Continue reading Whatever Way the Wind Blows
Spam Callers
One habit that I have changed since the house fire, is I am answering all calls on my cell phone. Because the emergency services we have put feelers out to, and which may be calling us back, will of course be unrecognized numbers, and may sometimes be listed as spam calls or telemarketers by the … Continue reading Spam Callers
The Lightfoot Luck
https://videopress.com/v/ujkzgnLV?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Goodness of God, by CeCe Wynans "Thimgs seems to happen to us that we don't seem to provoke." NoLynch Atlas, From the Oracle, Hammerspace Publishers, 2024 Ed. The above observation is known as the Lightfoot Luck, and it hit us pretty hard this week. For the past five years we have been knocked down, … Continue reading The Lightfoot Luck
Wind’s Day Greenhouse Report.
Lent, Day 9 Sometimes you don't know which element of the weather is going to be the problem. Today it was the wind... I spent much of this past week tearing down the winter greenhouse coverings to let more of the sun back into the greenhouse for growing plants. But it isn't spring yet, much … Continue reading Wind’s Day Greenhouse Report.
Together with Christ We Care – For Us, Not Them
Lent, Day 8 (Note:: Part of the sending portion of a Kansas City area church's Sunday Worship service is saying together "Together with Christ -- We Care." ) Each week you say those words at the end of your worship service "Together with Christ - We Care". But do you think about them? Do you … Continue reading Together with Christ We Care – For Us, Not Them
A Rant Smaller than the Occasion Deserved
Lent, Day 7 In Jasini's Tales and Ideas, Jasini today let out a rant. You can read it by following the link below: https://open.substack.com/pub/jasinikc/p/well-perhaps-they-were-frustrated?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=31hvr4 She feels like she has lashed out strongly and with justification. I agree, and suggest maybe the statement is not strong enough. There is no equality with these people where the … Continue reading A Rant Smaller than the Occasion Deserved