Posted 4-15-19 Happy Tax Day, all. I hope you caught my “sweet” tax day early post from a couple days ago. If not, here it is: Link. I was involved (personally) in team sports the first 18 years of life in one way or another. I was probably brought in utero to sporting events that…
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Hold Fast
Posted 4-14-19 Like they have many times in my last few years, a song by the Christian group Mercy Me has provided some salve on my soul. The song this time is one of their slightly older ones: Hold Fast Hold Fast To everyone who’s hurtingTo those who’ve had enoughTo all the undeservingThat should cover…
“O Holy Nights” to Come
Posted 4-10-19 Yes, I’m THAT guy. I am still listening to Christmas music on April 10th. My only wish is that Easter music was so widely created. (I do love several traditional Easter songs too, such as “He’s Alive”, “Because He Lives” and “He Arose” to name a few). It is amazing and it brings…
Gonna Fly Now
Back and forth, the ever-popular hero takes hit after hit. Body blow, body blow, uppercut… and to the mat. Surely the hero is down now? Then the theme music (Gonna Fly Now) comes to mind. Mom is my Rocky Balboa. She has taken a beating by this stinkin’ disease and she is still fighting. Maybe…
Covered Bridges 3-14-19 “Floppy Shoes”
Posted 3-14-19 Have you ever thought about the almost symbiotic relationship of dramatically contrasting objects? Said differently, have you noticed how it sometimes takes bold differences for us to see the beauty in something? I was thinking about contrasts as I drove to work this morning. The birds were still asleep (as were the Applegates)…
These Things I Remember
Posted 3/4/19 Mom seems more alert and awake this morning. She had a good breakfast and we are hoping her shower doesn’t produce a connecting right-hook, left-uppercut combo today. That calls to mind something I may have discussed before: Old memories dying hard and whether that is 100% bad. Mom’s primary memories/emotional responses that she…
Happy Place
Posted 2-26-19 Another good day for mom. 🙂 She still needs to get the sleep worked out again, but all things considered, it could be much worse.Music is mom’s happy place, planted there by the subject of her songs. #EndALZ
Fixing What is Broken
2/11/19 Oh, the little things sure add up. Mom has struggled mightily with digestive issues the last week, but that has been resolved the last couple days. Tack to that finally finding a viable pill hiding vehicle (ground up and put in yogurt), and today went great! 🙂 It is nice to have a win…
The Hippocampus
Posted 2/10/19 Depending on which of the many semi-reliable sources for such information, wild tigers (not in zoos) kill between 50 and 2,000 people worldwide. These ferocious felines (Panthera tigris), according to mascotdb.com, are ranked number two behind the Eagles as the most popular sports mascots in the United States, numbering in the thousands. Hippos, on…
Walking on Water
Posted early 2/6/19 Just a quick note on mom’s piano playing. Pardon the theological cliche with this, but mom playing the piano reminds me of Peter walking on the water in the Gospels. When he kept his eyes on Jesus, all went fine and his lake street trek proceeded. When he took his eyes off…