Last week the blog system was down for maintenance. My blog went to my web page (proverbialstudent.com) but was not distributed. If the blog ever fails to reach your email, you can go to proverbialstudent.com and click on blog. If Read more…
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 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 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. 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. 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 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, 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. 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 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 Read more…