Animal Crackers!
It all started in Greene, NY. At least that is the first place I remember finding some of my mom’s childhood Shirley temple stuff. I was in elementary school when I went up to Granny Fox’s attic and saw the Shirley Temple book with Nancy Lou Wheeler written in the corner of the yellow magazine…
Corny Joke Day!
Today is Jim’s Birthday! I made an apple pie and we are going to go miniature golfing to celebrate His life. He stopped growing older just before his 55th birthday but this is the 58th anniversary of the day he was born. I have always found a reason to celebrate life and together we made…
Colored Toilet Paper
What ever happened to colored toilet paper?! It just dawned on me as I was driving by a house that had been toilet papered that it was all white! Now I am aware that I have seen many “TP”ed houses and have even participated in my share over the years, but the house I saw…
Fingers on a chalkboard!
Have you ever seen one of those memes that talk about the “olden days”, how “you know you are a boomer if…”, or talk about things that kids today will never understand? Things like: I remember when a tweet was something that birds did, gay was another word for happy, facebook was a yearbook, surfing…
Moving is INTENSE! (get it?! In tents)
Warning: I am just going to ramble awhile to diffuse my frustration and to vent and sort out my thoughts about the weekend I moved Jim’s brother. Last weekend I was reminded of several biblical truths as I spent the weekend hauling up stuff from the bottom of the LA River bed, where Jim’s brother…
The Freeway Game
Jim and I used to play a game that we called the freeway game. The object of the game was to take as many freeways as you could to get to your destination. Of course we made many sub-rules and variations and for some reason we only ever thought of playing it in Southern California.…
Fresh Start
So it would seem that a new job has inspired several other new or fresh starts, including working on diet and exercise, developing a new normal as far as daily routines go, and cracking some new books. It would seem that I have, for the first time in a long time, mustered some new motivation!…
One Man’s Treasure is still Trash!
I know the pithy saying says that one’s man’s trash is another man’s treasure, but sometimes it is just trash! Over one billion people on the planet live on a dollar a day and over two billion live on two dollars a day and some people spend an obscene amount of money to buy houses…
LA Festival of Books!
This weekend I went to the LA festival of books. It seems to have become a tradition for Emily and I, along with my brother Jonathan and his family. That’s nice. A tradition! Since moving to California and since Jim left earth, it seems like our traditions, our celebrations, and our family has gone on…
New Insights
Today marks the Super Bowl but also 15 months since Jim joined the cloud of witnesses! I make new discoveries and see God’s mercies in new ways every day. Some of them are nurturing, some are healing, some are practical! For example, I recently rearranged my bedroom and added a new comforter. I knew I…