We’re 10 days into November, and my No Media November has gone pretty well so far, I think. And I have to say, there are aspects to not having a TV available and not using social media at all that I would consider embracing permanently. For one thing, I find myself feeling a little...
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Twenty five years ago, I and my middle school chum Glenn began our European jaunt with a short sail crossing a sea. With today being the 75th anniversary of the Normandy invasion in WWII, I figured it was as good as anything to post what I was doing over there 25 years ago. “We...
Read more →Honestly, I think my favorite part of the last few days has been when I have been driving around and, consequently, listening to the Tony Hillerman memoir. The book has been especially interesting at this point in the story because Hillerman is nineteen and wandering around in France and Germany as a grunt, an...
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When I was consolidating containers on Sunday, in one of them were a few books that had been passed to me from my folks. One of those items was a book that had been passed to them from my dad’s aunt, Ruth Welton. It was a nice old hardbound volume, so I picked it...
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I felt fortunate this morning, dealing with a head cold and nowhere to go, to be able to dig into a game I had wanted to play as a teen but that I never had access to. Thankfully, included in the massive haul I picked up at Christmas last year was Avalon Hill’s game...
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I mentioned last post that I had made a decision to step away from service at church for a bit. A bit of fatigue certainly contributed to the decision. I think feeling overwhelmed with a lot of noise from life is another. I ended up being so involved trying to be a good servant...
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