Posted 11/17/21 Just a head’s up to those who follow my ongoing saga: We just got a text alert that there will no longer be restrictions on our visits. We just show up, get screened at the front, stay masked and distanced, and do what we used to beyond that. 🙂 The distanced part will…
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Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 611 (1 Year, 246 days): It May Be Super Small and Full of Cap’n Crunch, but You are Welcome to it When I am Done With It
Posted 11/17/21 “‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance;we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ –Matthew 11:17 As I mentioned Monday, this is going to be a challenging week, time-wise, so I will jump right in. Brain donation. It is super important. No, don’t have to do it now, while you…
Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 609 (1 Year, 244 days): A Couple of Recommendations
Posted 11/15/21 Whoever has ears, let them hear.- Matthew 11:15 Prediction from neither a prophet nor the son of one: This week is going to be thin on the blog front. I am looking at my calendar and know my limitations. Next week, expect a robust return, not unlike Rocky IV before fight number two…but…
Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 606 (1 Year, 241 days): Funny Number Friday
Posted 11/12/21…hmmmm 1,1,1,2,2,1, “Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” And they weighed out as my wages thirty pieces of silver. Then the Lord said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the lordly price at which I was priced by them. So I took the thirty pieces…
Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 604 (1 Year, 239 days): Turning Liquidambar Styraciflua into Q*Berts or Soot Sprites
Posted 11/10/21 (aka 11+10=21…I really dig numbers…) “For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”- Luke 11:10 Happy Wednesday to all! 🙂 Another day in paradise, eh? I was just thinking about another endearing thing about mom yesterday and today. We had…
Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 602 (1 Year, 237 days): Those Rerunning Manic Mondays…or…13 Things You Can Learn About Dementia from Groundhog’s Day
Posted 11/8/21 “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.” –Hebrews 11:8 Mondays remind me of Groundhog’s Day. Sigh… the wonderful Bill Murray movie, not the actual day in February. In the movie, Bill Murray’s…
Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 599 (1 Year, 234 days): Glimmers
Posted 11/5/21 “As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb,so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.” –Ecclesiastes 11:5 Hi all! Happy Friday already! Wow…the weeks fly by like sands through an hourglass! I don’t have much to say or report…
Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 597 (1 Year, 232 days): Where in Tarnation(?!?!) has Blog Boy Been?
Posted 11/3/21 “By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.” –Hebrews 11:3 Howdy folks! Where/Where/Why in Tarnation have you been, you might rightly ask?? Sorry I have been gone for a bit. I have been slowed by a…
Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 590 (1 Year, 225 days): Splitting Headache
Posted 10/27/21 “And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.”- Mark 10:27 Howdy all! Hope you are having a great week so far! I am doing ok if it wasn’t for the dang headache. I have a “classic” post-lumbar-puncture headache, apparently, and am…
(Semi-)Shawshank Re: Dementia Day 590 (1 Year, 225 days): Remnants
Posted 2 months to the day from Christmas Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. This is what the Lord will do to all the enemies you are going to fight.” –Joshua 10:25 Preparing for my two-day, 70+ mile jog down and back the Frisco Highline Trail has already…