I recently wrote a short story for a contest. I didn’t win, but I’m glad I wrote it. The process took me on an interesting journey of the soul. If you stop by this journal with any regularity, then you know I’m turning 50 this year. My parents are healthy, but showing signs of their […]
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A song is playing in my head and has been for the past week. It’s a song Curtis wrote and intended to use as part of his proposal to Grace. He didn’t, but he sings it in concerts. I wish I could link to a recording, because the music, his guitar, and his voice magnify
Yesterday I returned home after a week in Seattle helping Grace and Curtis make wedding plans. We had a fantastic time and accomplished quite a bit. Oh, man. They are way too adorable. I had so much fun just watching them together. It was a rich and precious time. We laughed a lot, talked about
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Sometimes, when I’m absent from this journal for a long stretch, coming back to the composition box feels like stepping into a dusty, old, abandoned house. I imagine my voice echoing off the walls, because everyone gave up on me long ago and moved on. But even if that’s the case, I want to speak
Wow! Where do I begin? As Inigo Montoya so eloquently put it, “Let me ‘splain. No. Is too much. Let me sum up.” Highlights of our trip: We arrived in Seattle Monday the 20th and that evening took Grace and Curtis to dinner at Agua Verde, a cool Mexican restaurant where we joined Daniel and
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I’ve read the book of Romans many times, but I don’t remember noticing that name amidst Paul’s greetings before today. Philologus. It’s pretty much the reverse of logophile (word lover), so I’m guessing it means “word of love” or something to that effect. (We do have some Greek reference books around here, but I’m too
I’ve pretty much been absent from cyberspace for the past week. I’ve also been absent from most of my normal routine activities. And for good reason. Grace and her way-too-adorable boyfriend, Curtis, left paradise (i.e., summer in Seattle) and spent the first week of August with us here in boiling East Texas (motto: “Let’s sweat
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We arrived home yesterday after five days in the Colorado mountains where they were having a bit of a heat wave. Yeah. Almost 80 degrees for the high. I had to wear sun screen instead of a jacket when we biked from Vail Pass to Avon. Hard times. Now we’re back in the East Texas
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Go ahead and swim against the current. It’s hard at first, but one day you look around and realize you’re dancing on the tops of the waves. Here are some highlights of our Northwesterly Expotition: -> A leisurely Victorian tea at the Queen Mary Tea Room with Grace and Luke, served by Grace’s lovely roommate,
“I’ve got a girl that makes me feel like giving flowers to everyone I meet.” That’s the first line of a song called She’s So Nice, which we had the delightful privilege of hearing Curtis perform two nights ago at the O Lounge on Queen Anne in Seattle. I’m not sure what made me smile