Just an outstanding day; this is the vacation of a lifetime! I got up about 8:30, fully refreshed. We got all ready for the day, expecting the rental car by 9:30 or 10. At 10, I called; “It’s already on the way!” We read and …
Read MoreMay 13-Day 2 on Dominica
I think I’m more relaxed than I’ve ever been! In the middle of the night, a pretty fierce storm blew in. The wind blew the rain horizontal-across the porch, through the open window and hitting us on the bed! The sound was quite amazing. E …
Read MoreMay 12-Day 1 on Dominica
Today has been heavenly. When we arrived last night, I was worried. I wasn’t feeling well-headache, tired-and I was overwhelmed with culture shock. Shopping and eating seemed overwhelming, and it was more third world than we expected. But, after 12 hours (!!) of sleep, things …
Read More91° in Newberg today?
It’s absolutely gorgeous today. It’s a day that simply screams golf or flyfishing, but that’s not in the cards for today. Sorry for the no blogging action. I’m having a bit of an anxiety crisis about what to blog. I typed out one of my …
Read MoreBack home with not enough adjectives
Elaine and I ran out of words. There aren’t enough words to describe how great our experience was in Dominica. Beautiful, fun, restful, special, relaxing and awesome are just scratching the surface. I’ve tried to think some about how to blog about it, and I’ve …
Read MoreAnd the winners are…
Thanks for the input about books! Hemingway appears to be the most controversial. People love him or hate him. Here’s my reading choices, in the anticipated order of reading: “Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway”“The Karamazov Brothers ” by Fyodor Dostoevsky“To the Lighthouse” by Virginia …
Read MoreAscension, Anticipation, and Anti-Instant-Fix
Here’s the message I gave today in worship.
Read MoreFun trip preparation
Talk about a plan coming together… We’ve picked up the hobby of Geocaching. (Short description: use a GPS to find a box hidden by somebody else, who gives the coordinates on the Geocaching website.) Somebody came up with the great idea of a travel bug. …
Read MoreAlmost here!
Have I mentioned Elaine and I are going to Dominica for our second honeymoon? 🙂
Read MoreI need input!
I need input…book reading input! I’ve told several of you that my goal for reading on our 2nd honeymoon trip next week is to mend some of the gaping holes in my classic literature reading list. I want to spend some time reading truly great …
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