Keep Calm…

Well did Kipling say "The female of the species is more deadly than the male..." An excellent case for not being a sheep, but living as free men and women.

Chromebook casting — a Best Buy saga

Saturday afternoon we were out shopping around for computers. Betsy wanted a light, portable computer that she could write on, check e-mail. Her dream would be the Surface Pro 3, but that was in a price range of $1K or more to get what she wanted. We could replace her main notebook computer twice with … Continue reading Chromebook casting — a Best Buy saga →

A Year’s Difference

My niece Sofia returned from her year as an exchange student in Latvia. We had a party a year ago when we she left, and Saturday we had a party to celebrate her return. At the first party we took pictures with her and our two kids. Saturday I took a similar set of pictures. … Continue reading A Year’s Difference →

Plethora of Missions

"Offer them food and they will come" was the joking subtitle to Sunday evenings Ice Cream Social and Missions Fair at Avondale United Methodist Church. Besides the ice cream, the key feature of the evening was a presentation and update by Larry and Kristy Schmitz of their ministry at TESOL (The English-speaking School of Lubumbashi) … Continue reading Plethora of Missions →

Travelogue — Episode: Tire Change

Seems like I have been changing a number of tires in the past couple of months. Most of them have been bicycle tires. Tuesday was the first (and hopefully last) car tire. Not only was the tire flat, it was on a car more than 500 miles from home and in a "foreign" country. The … Continue reading Travelogue — Episode: Tire Change →

The Silo — Home of the Monster Dog

While on a visit to the Niagara Falls area recently, I happened to dine at The Silo on Water Street in Lewiston, NY. The restaurant gets its name from its site -- a converted coal silo on the waterfront in Lewiston that used to hold coal for passing trains and passing ships. To look at … Continue reading The Silo — Home of the Monster Dog →

Twin Tiers Christian Academy’s underutilized resource

One of the unanswered questions from the class reunion was in regards to the scoreboard in the old school gymnasium. It was a memorial gift in memory of Van Page, a member of our class who died back around 7th grade. The old memorial scoreboard was still in the old gymnasium, as we were told, … Continue reading Twin Tiers Christian Academy’s underutilized resource →

TTBHS — New Building, Promising Future

A special part of the reunion was a tour of the new facilities, led by Miss Oldroyd. As I mentioned a couple of blogs ago, the school moved from the building my class -- the class of 1984 -- went to, to new facilities in January of this year. The new building, a connected … Continue reading TTBHS — New Building, Promising Future →

Catching up on friends present and absent.

We had a nice time at the reunion, catching up on old friends both present and absent. Ten of our 28 graduates were in attendance, with some spouses and children. Conversation turned to where we were and where those absent were. To the knowledge of everyone present all 28 graduates are still alive, although … Continue reading Catching up on friends present and absent. →

TTBHS — a look at the past

Today's blog is quite late. But I'm going to make it the first of a short series of photo and reflective essays. This first one is a retrospective look back. The pictures in this column are of the Breesport School building. Back in the fall of 1976 it became the building for a new school … Continue reading TTBHS — a look at the past →