In May 2019, when Bob MacPhearson, while engaging in a fisticuffs with me in my basement, and to which I was merely attempting to grapple him to a neutral hold, picked up a crow bar he had stashed amongst the piles of his things (we later found a half dozen of them stashed around within … Continue reading Bullying, Hot Rages and Cold Logic →

I sit here this evening, my life a shambles. Everything has been torn up and shredded. Betrayal by those closest to me, best intentions of mine treated like I had used nuclear weapons, my invocation to "trust me" falling on deaf ears. Some of you think I use hyperbole. I only wish I did. I … Continue reading Sinking sand … to Scribbling in the Sand →

I meant to mention some of the below as part of a very organized series of blog posts about some of my recent experiences. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, my life has not been anything one could call organized recently, and thus my blog posts aren't going to have any truly organized topical focus for awhile. … Continue reading Unjust Imprisonment →

I was having trouble filing an unemployment claim because of my last three weeks of invalid and hospitalization that hit right after I tried to file for unemployment, so I tried to have Google research how hospitalization affects unemployment. Google was no good for that, but did bring up a very interesting news headline from … Continue reading Why you need to proofread headlines →

In recent days I have found myself unable to sing because of tears. Not because I was sad, but because my attempts to sing would break into moments of such intense Joy that only tears could express the power and the glory and the beauty of the Joy that I felt. Sometimes I couldn't even … Continue reading Tears →

You were the perfect pastor at just the right time for Avondale United Methodist Church, and an undeserved blessing from God when we needed it most. We have probably been a trial to you on occasion, but sometimes you are dense beyond the denseness of the matter in a black hole. When I said that … Continue reading Choong-ho Kwon →

It has been a long time since I have blogged, since I have found my voice. I will share more later about my loss of voice, and my journey to refind it. But even after I found my voice returning, I lingered long in using it, sharing it. For my voice had changed and it … Continue reading My New Voice →

In a response to one of my recent blogs, particularly my revision to the weekly blog schedule, someone questioned whether with the responsibilities I currently have in my life, whether I should be spending so much time writing, i.e. the blog, and instead should concentrate more on employment, career, and earning a livelihood. I had … Continue reading Lest the Rocks Cry Out … →

Betsy inadvertently provided me with a good blog topic when she noted that "Okay Google" doesn't have a very good understanding of the word approximate. During the lead-up to the series of winter storms we have had this winter, we have taken advantage of our Google Home system to check on the weather. Which has … Continue reading Approximately specific →

This reminisce is when my niece Sofia left to spend her senior year in Latvia. This was the farewell party, that also included the welcoming of the exchange student from Germany that would stay with Sofia's family while she was in Latvia.