Well, the past week was the extreme of lack of schedule. All due to one person we attempted to help, and who we may have helped, or may have ultimately merely enabled. I ran across this person as an acquaintance while out biking, developed a correspondence, and ended up months later helping him after he … Continue reading Sabbatical Update: Good Deed Punished
Fitness Update: Schedules
So, today, I am going to talk about schedules. Rather, I am going to talk about the lack of them. I keep on telling myself I am going to get back into running. The ribs are finally feeling mostly better, but the weather keeps popping up cold, wet, or both, which deters me from getting … Continue reading Fitness Update: Schedules
#268: How Firm a Foundation
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word! What more can He say than to you He hath said -- To you, who for refuge to Jesus … Continue reading #268: How Firm a Foundation
Lemon Zest
Back in January of 2017 I wrote this post about the flowering of my indoor dwarf lemon tree. I had a horde of blossoms, and was trying to figure out how to make sure they would pollinate without the assistance of outside insects that we didn't inside the house. In April of 2017 I wrote … Continue reading Lemon Zest
A Blast of the Past #136: Balloon
Today's flash back is to one of our family's iconic pictures. A boy and his balloon.
A Look Ahead …
In this spring of the year (just arriveid), Day 22 of my Sabbatical year, the social calendar seems somewhat slow in the immediate future. So I am going to use this weekly feature to build an event listing, of events I know and think worthy, many of which I am attending, others I won’t be … Continue reading A Look Ahead …
#267: All Things Work Out for Good
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 All things work out for good, we know -- Such is God's great design; He orders all our steps below For purposes divine, For purposes divine. 2 This is the faith that keeps me still, No matter what … Continue reading #267: All Things Work Out for Good
Sabbatical Update: Class of cultures
Well,. the sabbatical started to progress on the projects, then hit a halt the first of the week. We recently became involved in a clash of local cultures: Suburban Middle Class vs. on-the-street culture. Turns out there are a lot of manners that are quite different. A polite middle class greeting can be seen as … Continue reading Sabbatical Update: Class of cultures
Fitness Update: Breakfast Salads
I was attending a monthly men's breakfast at Golden Corral two Saturday's ago when one of the other men looked at the plates before me and said "I never thought about having a salad for breakfast." If you had been sitting there you would have seen me with two plates: A salad plate and an … Continue reading Fitness Update: Breakfast Salads
#266: Fade, Fade Each Earthly Joy
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 Fade, fade, each earthly joy -- Jesus is mine; Break, ev'ry tender tie -- Jesus is mine. Dark is the wilderness, Earth has no resting place; Jesus alone can bless -- Jesus is mine. 2 Tempt not … Continue reading #266: Fade, Fade Each Earthly Joy
At The Rainbow 