I hope everyone’s new year is off to a great start. Jeny is getting her hair back after her chemotherapy, so our world is getting better. She hoped for black and curly. It is white and straight, but she will take it. Divisiveness. A former student and good friend chided Read more…
I hope everyone’s New Year is off to a good start. My first resolution is to keep learning. As I enter my 80th year, I feel the importance of learning more than ever. Learning helps me feel alive. If I am gaining new knowledge and understanding, hopefully I am coming Read more…
Happy New Year Jeny and I wish you the very best for 2022. My New Year’s resolution is to keep learning. Thank you for your role in that process. My latest, big-learning experience happened while doing research for a poem. I was interested in the sight of Venus in the Read more…
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas Jeny and I extend our very best to you. This has been a tough year for us, but the prayers and good tidings by many of you made a bad year into a good year. Sharing and Learning. Many of you have been kind enough Read more…
Tornados. My heart is aching for the victims of the recent tornadoes. If you have never directly observed the destruction of a Fujita 5 tornado, you would have a hard time imagining the destruction. The summer of 1966 we had first-hand experience with that level of a storm. Over 50 Read more…
Glad to have another one. Today is my 79th birthday. Four years ago, I was in ICU unable to move my left side. The first rule to remember in the ICU—you have no privacy. The night of my 75th birthday, I needed a catheter. As the doctor performed his job, Read more…
Lights. We have now entered Hanukkah and Advent. Both celebrations involve the lighting of candles. Whichever season you are celebrating, I pray your light will brightly shine. Great News. In March, Jeny started her journey with an endometrial cancer diagnosis. She did not start it alone. She had many of Read more…
Some people want to eliminate Thanksgiving as a national holiday. They prefer a day of atonement for the mistreatment of indigenous people. In grade school, I was taught about The Mayflower and the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth rock. Jeny had three relatives on the Mayflower and she has little interest Read more…
My blog did not go out last week. The failure was a growth experience. My lesson started in a church study group held on Wednesday evening. We are currently sharing an excellent book by Jen Wilkin, “Ten Words to Live by.” She gives an interesting look at each of the Read more…
Critical Race Theory. Critical race theory is a very controversial topic. Some people are passionately for and others are passionately against. When asked about why they care so much, very few people have first-hand knowledge of the topic on which to form an opinion. For example, I believe most people Read more…