Posted 7-11-19 We lost another of the Sweet 17 yesterday. She was in the third or fourth wave of ladies entering mom’s facility (not one of the original band…). Sadly, they seem to come and go very quickly, either by changing facilities, by moving into the general population when they cease to be a flight…
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Wormyville
Posted 7-10-19 For much of my childhood, we lived in a neighborhood nicknamed Wormyville. This Beaver Cleaver-esque community could have been named this because the roads wormed every which way since they really seldom went East/West or North/South in any sense, but it was actually named that way after the original developer, a nice man…
It’s All Downhill From Here
Posted 7-5-19 I hope each of you had a happy and healthy (and safe!!!) July 4th! I am a pretty patriotic fellow and I love the holiday. 🙂 We watched our local fireworks show with patriotic joy even with the hummingbird-sized mosquitoes circling us like little zinging blood-vultures. A good time was had by all!…
Another One in the Can
–OR– No Can Do Posted 7-3-19 In the never-ending providential spin of our globe it seems like things return like reruns on Netflix, every day. Take today, for example. You may have noticed my Facebook post, but I went early to drop off rent in the rent box and, to my surprise, there was a…
Tell Me About the Rabbits, George
Posted 7-2-19 Disclaimer: I am not sure that this is the article for you if you like my column for its funny banter and oddball analogies. Sometimes I just write selfishly to work through issues in my own sadness. I hope this inspires you to look forward in the face of temptation to look back….
Good Grief, Another Garage Sale!
Posted 7/1/19 Growing up an Applegate, we were pretty tight with the money. It wasn’t that we were poor or my folks didn’t work hard. We were fairly middle class-ish and dad worked his rear off at the post office to support his family while mom stayed home with us (until later when she worked…
Remembering
Posted Date 6-28-19 Some of my work here is instructive and some…”not so much”. This piece is a “not so much” kind of work, so be patient. Here is an interesting, if very generalized video about memory and how to strengthen it. Struggling to remember is a pain for me. Not day-to-day things, but remembering…
When Peace Like a River Attendeth My Way
Posted 6-27-19 I love the old hymn “It is Well With My Soul”. Its story is amazing too. The old hymns often are deep in theology and application. Read it and soak it in a little. 🙂 When peace like a river attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot Thou…
A Smidge of This and That
Posted 6-26-19 There is no real theme to this post…just steaming little pile of thoughts: Early Diagnosis clarification: One of the many reasons I frequently cite to get formally diagnosed if you fail some of the ten signs brochure that the Alzheimer’s Association uses to promote the conversation is that there is a class of…
Visit today from the Lieutenant Governor
Posted 6-25-19 We are thrilled to get to meet Missouri Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe and several other key congressmen/women today at our South Side Senior Center in Springfield as we celebrate the signing of our newest funding legislation (SB275) into law! He and our current state congress have already done some great things for Missouri…