Posted 8/4/20 “What is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” –Psalm 8:4 Putt putt putt putt…this year keeps a puttin’ along like my 1979 Dodge Omni did for far too many miles. Every day I open the proverbial newspaper (I stopped reading the paper a long time ago…)…
Tag: Baseball
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 85: Confessions of a Cardinal Fan
Posted 6/5/20 Hi all! Happy Friday…uhhh….errr….yes, Friday to every one of you. It is still hard to figure out what day it is these days, especially having added a partial day Saturday to my work schedule. I am a creature of habit and, despite the fact that my values statement at work states that I…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 70: Top Five Things You Can Learn About Dementia from the 1964 World Series
Posted 5-21-20 Hi all! Another day in paradise. (lol) I trust all of you are holding on. Please know that I pray for our group as a whole and many individually. These were challenging times before this little big thing came through and killed 92,000, many of whom are our folks. Keep your head up!…
Shawshank Re:Dementia Day 68: When Memories are all that are Left
Posted 5/19/20 Hi all. Today is Caregiver virtual support group night at 6pm CST. Shoot me an email to mark.applegate@senioragemo.org or call/text me at 417-955-2513 if you would like to join, and I will send you the Zoom invite. 🙂 Just a quickie thought today. My new kick? I am loving YouTuber Classic Baseball on…
Leave it On The Field
Posted 2-4-20 2-4-6-8, who do I appreciate? You!!!! You!!!! Yooooooou! Thanks for visiting the Digital Cornbread table this wet Tuesday! I hope everyone is adequately recovered from the Super Bowl flu! I am not prepared to call myself a superfan of anyone besides my Lord, my beautiful wife, my 3 kiddos, and my close/extended and…
Keeping Score
Posted 4-26-19 My dad and I went to see the Springfield Cardinals game last night. The Cardinals, the AA minor league team for the great St. Louis Cardinals franchise, didn’t disappoint in an 8-0 drubbing of the Amarillo Sod Poodles. (BTW…a “sod poodle” seems to be some sort of a nickname for a prairie dog)….
Opening Day
Posted 4-11-19 Today, April 11th, marks the home opener for the Springfield Cardinals minor league baseball team. This year’s lovable birds enter their home debut with a less than lovable 0-7 record, making me wonder what the “magic” number is (already) for them to be mathematically eliminated in the first half of the two-part season….