Month: June 2023

A long time ago…

What does one do when one is so bored? One starts with Episode IV: A New Hope and works on from there. It’s not like I’m going to watch the… Read more »

An Anniversary of Sorts

I sat down tonight, hoping to write a few words, or at least share something interesting. As I was wandering about the interwebs, I stumbled upon a reminder of a… Read more »

Rediscovery of the Unfamiliar

I’ve been out of town lately. In Okinawa, actually. Over this past weekend, I had the incredible pleasure of meeting one of the planet’s newer human beings — my 3-week-old… Read more »

Putting the Genie back into the Bottle

I sure am glad for this blog sometimes. It gives me great material to which I can point when I say “I told you so.” In this case, it’s a… Read more »

Wednesday Random

A Subtle Jumping of Shark I’ve not used this in a while — the term, “Jumped the Shark.” I feel a close relationship with it though, seeing’s though I’m from… Read more »

Balance

I was reminded yesterday about something very important in my Christian walk: balance. Not a “work/life” kind of balance, where you’ve got to find the right amount of free time… Read more »

Life During Wartime

No, not some documentary about World War 2, or what’s happening right now in the Ukraine. An interesting song by an incredibly interesting group (that I’ve mentioned here before) —… Read more »

Saturday 67: Jisan Forest

I’d like to think it’s the heat that has me so sore right now. Sure, I’m not much of a climber, and I did over 3,000 feet today, but I… Read more »

Tattoo who?

The closest I ever came to getting a tattoo was during a stupid, drunken night with two friends wandering from bar to bar in the Ville some time in mid-80s… Read more »

I started Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead (2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) remembering that I’d read her before and…didn’t mind, many years back. But I’ll be doggoned if I can remember… Read more »