Personal reflections on my life and experiences.
I have a feeling that it is all stacking up, and sometime soon, something is going to nudge or knock the pile, and the avalanche will begin. The sweater will begin to unravel. Everything will collapse in chain reaction fashion, and I will be left with nothing in the end. That’s the feeling. Not...
Read more →When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.Matthew 9:36 I am grateful for this verse in Matthew. It is a reminder to me that Jesus, the Son of God, is a man of feeling, a man of sympathies. A man. He...
Read more →I see your eyes and the shape of your face, the curve of your cheeks and the color of your hair, and the way you look at pleasurable things and problematic things, your nostrils flare and your lips arch, your ecstatic eyes or furious furrows, your popular posture and regal rapport. I hear the...
Read more →When Clairabelle was born, her father, Joseph Merritt More, or “Hammer” as his gang called him, was drinking Schlitz with the boys down at the Regal Bowling Alley. He was bowling a 212 average entering his third game of the evening and he didn’t think once about his gal Sassy being pregnant, or in...
Read more →I cut down the tree, on down by the river, I cut down the tree over the swimming hole. I cut down the tree after waiting for hours for a word of reprieve from deep down in my soul. Back when, the tree was the place that I’d run to, a place full of...
Read more →Today, my friend Chris Payton turned 50 years old. Chris is not just a friend, but over the years, he’s been my closest and most consistent friend. We met through a church group in high school, and became good friends in time after tat. Chris has had a significant impact on my life through...
Read more →With the start of Labor Day weekend today, it was a good day to mix things up a bit. This morning, I visited the monthly meeting of an organization, and this afternoon, I went and saw a movie. Later this afternoon, the Cubs survived a slugfest with the Atlanta Braves to win 14-12, and...
Read more →Today was my parent’s anniversary, and they are an amazing couple. 56. They honor each other and try and help each other. And they try to serve others around them. I hope you had a great day. I love you both more every day. Yesterday, I talked to a work colleague about having reflux...
Read more →When first light reached over the hill and touched the far side of the lake, he pushed off in his little boat and rowed two-hundred feet out into the darkness. The water was calm. The night creatures chirped. The birds began solitary songs to greet the dawn. He could feel his breath crystalline in...
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This afternoon at work, I went and helped a colleague deal with a software problem. We use a site online to help share files with clients, and she struggles to use it correctly quite often. We worked through her issue, and when I came back to my desk, I had a moment where I...
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5:45 PM: “I guess it’s Panda again since I don’t cook because I am too lazy to go to the store. I’ll be good tonight and get Black Pepper Chicken with half mixed veggies and half chow mein. Oh, spring rolls sound good too though.” 5:48 PM: “Yikes! How did this ATM card crack...
Read more →Last Thursday, Paul texted me and asked if I was up for one more Isotopes game. This week was the last week of the regular season. Yes. Baseball is always a good getaway. Good deal. We’ll touch base next week. Tonight, the Isotopes played the Reno Aces, farm team for the Arizona Diamondbacks. I...
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The weekend was mostly good. I never get as much done as I wish to (or ought). I was happy to get some research reading in both yesterday morning and this morning. Not massively driven to watch the Mayweather/McGregor fight, I found myself at my sister’s last night and watched it with all present,...
Read more →A week and some ago, I got an email from the UNM Library letting me know that the books I had checked out were due for return. I thought, hey, I think this script deal is a long haul project- might as well see if any of them are available as used books out...
Read more →I got up this morning a bit early to try and get a little more research done before heading into the office. The topic, again, was de Anza-related. I figure if I continue to hit topics around the substantial moments of his life for the next 5 years, the essentials of the story I...
Read more →There have been times in my life that I have walked in great faith in God. There have been times I have also wandered in great doubt about God. Too often, I’ve tried to make human beings the litmus test for God’s goodness. And as we know, human beings are human beings. I’ve never...
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