Sabbatical Update: The World Turned Upside Down

Right now I don't even know what number day today is in my self-proclaimed sabbatical year. Most of the month of May was swallowed up in changes -- not to priorities -- but to the ordered progression of how they would be done. The blog posts disappeared, my reading schedule turned upside down. I did … Continue reading Sabbatical Update: The World Turned Upside Down →

Fitness Update: To the Work

Well, the fitness regimen I had previous to the Sabbatical Year revolved around the contingencies of a steady work schedule and a somewhat steady but flexible home schedule. The sabbatical wiped out the steady work schedule, which gave more time, with discpline, for physical fitness, presumably. But a free schedule isn't as productive as it … Continue reading Fitness Update: To the Work →

#277: O Thou, In Whose Presence

(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 O Thou, in whose presence my soul takes delight. On whom in affliction I call, My comfort by day and my song in the night, My hope, my salvation, my all: 2 Where dost Thou, dear Shepherd, … Continue reading #277: O Thou, In Whose Presence →

Today’s Garden Status

For today's post, see the below video, hastily clipped together.

United in Voice

This topic deserves a bigger spread, but I'm just getting the blog back up and running, so here is a teaser from this choral concert of combined churches and choirs.

A Look Ahead: Ocean levels rise to cover Kansas City

(Note: Thank you to all by blog followers for your patience with me. I have fallen off the map with life this month, but hope to get back on course. I'm posting today, and hope to get consistently daily by the beginning of June.) Thursdays is usually my look ahead post. I'm taking the shortcut … Continue reading A Look Ahead: Ocean levels rise to cover Kansas City →

Sabbatical Update: Birthday

This week ended today with the celebration of 52 years of my life. It was a blurry of fun, friends, family, shopping, just no cake.

Fitness Update: Schedule tweaking

Life has too many distractions, but all events are moving forward, if not as fast as planned. Working on a schedule keeps things moving. Though I have decided that I need to get up an hour earlier if I am to have any productive morning time. When your morning starts slipping, the comic song lyrics … Continue reading Fitness Update: Schedule tweaking →

Chicken report

Today's post is another short one, and an update on the food status at Worlds of Fun. Paisano's pizza does have pasta bowls in addition to pizza. At least if our sample today was accurate, they are satisfactory but nothing special: a bowl of noodles with alfredo or marinara sauce. But the chicken report is … Continue reading Chicken report →

A Blast of the Past #141: Outcast Hero – Marlon

And now we arrive to one of the most memorable of the birthday cakes I have made over the years. The cake of the Marlon from the still-in-production movie Outcast Hero by Gemma Bright. The kids posted pictures to Deviant Art that even got feedback (positive) from the artist herself: https://caat.deviantart.com/art/OH-Cake-279517170 And for those interested … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #141: Outcast Hero – Marlon →