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 …
Read MoreUpdate to Papa’s Story
I posted an addition to the story about my grandfather on my blog dedicated for that purpose. Feel free to mosey on over if you’re interested.
Read More1985 CHS Speech team
So my memory was triggered, and here’s the picture of us speechies, 20 years ago, at PSU. We finished 2nd in the state, losing to Lincoln by only 1 point, says my yearbook. Top row, left to right, is: Keith Anderson ’85, Susan Beck ’87, …
Read MorePortland’s Central Library
This is where Lisa Verch Fletcher & I did research for our pathetic career as debate partners. When she realized “reference” meant we couldn’t check it out, she threatened to throw it out this window and grab it from the bushes below! Now she’s an …
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