It was last Thursday mid-morning when my dad called me. I was just trying to work. He was sitting in his car outside of the dental office where my mom was having some tooth work done. Hi Bruce- this is Dad. I got a call from the medical examiner’s office this morning. Margaret is...
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Maggie
by Bruce • June 2, 2020 • LifeStuff • 0 Comments
The Visitation of Rakak
by Bruce • May 24, 2020 • GraceThoughts, Writings • 0 Comments
After word had spread about Jesus walking on the Galilee, Rakak, the son of Gershem the Boatmaker, spent his mornings and evenings walking along the shore, looking for the Teacher. “Maybe if I can learn to walk on the water, I will find him,” Rakak thought, and he prayed that God would make his...
Read more →Momentarily
by Bruce • May 7, 2020 • LifeStuff • 0 Comments
When I went to bed last night, it was a little earlier than usual so I could try and catch up on sleep. The previous two nights of slumber had not been very good, and feeling tired all day Wednesday, I knew I wanted to try and get some extra rest Wednesday night. At...
Read more →Day Trip: Española Area Churches
by Bruce • May 5, 2020 • Roadies • 2 Comments
After about two months of shutting in at home, I called for a pandemic break yesterday and hopped into my truck early and pointed it north for a spell. I wanted to see some nature, some new churches, and to take a few photos. Thankfully, it turned out to be a really nice day....
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by Bruce • March 31, 2020 • FlashBacks, LifeStuff • 0 Comments
A reminder popped up on my Facebook feed today that a distant friend of mine, one that, at one time, I was probably closest to in the world for several years, turned 52 today. He’s leading the way into the future for us. I looked over at his Facebook feed and saw a bunch...
Read more →Day Trip: San José de la Laguna Mission Church
by Bruce • January 27, 2020 • Roadies • 0 Comments
I had two major aspirations for 2020, besides the basic health and life stuff. The first was to improve at writing (hopefully, by actually writing some this year). The second was to improve in my photography understanding, skills, and technique. To improve in photography, it means I have to get out and take some...
Read more →The Compassionate One
by Bruce • November 29, 2019 • LifeStuff • 2 Comments
My goal this November was to replace TV and web surfing with, basically, reading. I surprised myself and finished 10 books in 29 days, which has to be a record for me. The last one I picked up to read was a nod to my heart, which at one time was so passionate about...
Read more →I Remember You
by Bruce • November 28, 2019 • LifeStuff • 0 Comments
Albuquerque was hit with a healthy heavy overnight snow last night, so my Thanksgiving Day today began with a quiet early morning walk up my street to take in the winter scene, followed by a visit to the vast white field of the Catholic cemetery adjacent to my neighborhood. This vivid little bouquet of...
Read more →The Walnut Grove
by Bruce • November 23, 2019 • Writings • 0 Comments
Ernesto walked down in the shallow ravine next to the gravel road as the ancient pickup truck rattled slowly past. He had moved there when he saw the vehicle approaching, clearing a way for the truck to have full berth in the thin lane when it arrived. The ravine was a dry, leaf-speckled wrinkle...
Read more →Of Courage
by Bruce • November 17, 2019 • LifeStuff • 0 Comments
“We can’t be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very...
Read more →Day Trip: Bosque del Apache
by Bruce • November 16, 2019 • Roadies • 0 Comments
I had heard earlier this week that there were a lot of birds at the ponds and fields in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. If I was a little more aware, I would have also know this coming weekend is the Festival of the Cranes down there, which celebrates the return of the...
Read more →Flash Point
by Bruce • November 14, 2019 • LifeStuff • 0 Comments
If you happen to be in Albuquerque any weeknight right after work, heading east on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and approaching the Broadway intersection to escape downtown, you might have a chance to experience it. Maybe you have experienced it. The experience seems peculiar to that intersection. It might be because the Jackson-Wink...
Read more →No Media November, Day 10
by Bruce • November 10, 2019 • LifeStuff • 0 Comments
We’re 10 days into November, and my No Media November has gone pretty well so far, I think. And I have to say, there are aspects to not having a TV available and not using social media at all that I would consider embracing permanently. For one thing, I find myself feeling a little...
Read more →Inspiration Alley
by Bruce • November 4, 2019 • LifeStuff • 0 Comments
I enjoyed a fuzzily lucid dream this morning before reality and the alarm clock screech broke in. Who knows where these things come from, or why they stay with us. Still, within my dream I was weighing the merits of a television program named “Inspiration Alley.” That program name I am sure of. I...
Read more →Flash Fiction/Media Break, Day 2
by Bruce • November 3, 2019 • LifeStuff • 0 Comments
When my friend Pete on Facebook announced several days before November 1st that he was ditching media for a month, I thought “Yeah- that”, and I messaged him that I would join him. Media Break for the Month meant no social media, and no TV. Sure. It’s easy. Well, Saturday was test day 1...
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