As our family was sitting in the car last evening, with the dog, inside our basement, as the tornado sirens were going on outside, I pondered how different our circumstance was from 15 years ago. When we bought our current (second) house, one of my requirements was an underground space that we could use as … Continue reading Tornado Warning: In Comfort and Connected
The Wisdom of the Ages
C.S. Lewis is where I first ran into the idea of Chronological Snobbery. The idea that we of the current age are smarter than all who went before us and can look down our noses at the past. Lewis reminded me/us that each age has its blind points, places where it makes mistakes. Reading books … Continue reading The Wisdom of the Ages
Concert of Sacred Metaphors: Rock of Ages
(Part 11 of the series on my only solo concert to date: A Concert of Sacred Metaphors, 2006). This song is very popular in western movies. Some of them like it so much that all they can do is sing the first verse over and over again. Some like it so well that they can … Continue reading Concert of Sacred Metaphors: Rock of Ages
On Independence Day….
On this Independence day I thought I would share this TV special from years gone by, featuring John Wayne. I have been hearing one of Wayne's speeches from this at the amusement park for the past several days, but they never share the whole thing. So here it is: It is especially worthwhile after reading … Continue reading On Independence Day….
Pippin — A review
Today's post is going to be a review of last night's viewing of Pippin at Starlight Theater in Kansas City, MO Usually in a drama or musical you have a hero, a sympathetic hero. Pippin isn't that. He's more of a whiner and complainer. "I'm so special and no one realizes it ... I can't … Continue reading Pippin — A review
Home fix-it
Today is a quick post/video about a home fix. We have a dehumidifier in the basement. It has either a bucket you empty, or a place where you attach a hose and it goes to the drain. For some reason the place where you attach the hose no longer gets water -- it all goes … Continue reading Home fix-it
Summer Paint Job
Today's Post is a quick one with lots of pictures. We have been painting the living room, one wall at a time, for the past few summers. This year we finished the last wall. That dark burgundy with white trim is now billard table trim and cucumber crush. We also started one wall of the … Continue reading Summer Paint Job
Run off the Road
Monday I had a new biking experience -- one I wasn't trying to have -- someone tried to run me off the road. I was riding eastbound on N.E. Parvin Road, and was somewhere past the fire station when I heard a vehicle come up close behind me, followed by honking and then it swerved … Continue reading Run off the Road
My First Triathlon — Kansas City Corporate Challenge, June 21, 2015
It wasn't supposed to be my first triathlon. My arm had been twisted back in 2014 to compete in the triathlon, but then it got canceled due to threat of lightning. Which led to a funny circumstance. This time I was signing up in advance. The disappointment of not getting the change before made me … Continue reading My First Triathlon — Kansas City Corporate Challenge, June 21, 2015
A New Era, and new experience for me
Sunday was a new experience for me. As a Baptist by upbringing, this was the first time I had seen the Methodist system in action. Our pastor of nine years, the Rev. Gary Ponder Williams, was appointed to a different church, and we received the Rev. Choongho Kwon as our pastor. Just like everything at … Continue reading A New Era, and new experience for me
