Monthly Archives: August 2021

One of the joys in being a grocery/RX/banking guy is to be known by name. In one instance, store source not shared, an employee shared much about her pregnancy and diabetes health problems. I had lost contact with her, but … Continue reading →

Came across the affirmation of helping self this morning, August 30, 2021.  Reserve the right to be wrong, but it’s not as if I make unawareness or indifference the factoring push to our world today and my living in it. … Continue reading →

No matter.  No matter who or where or how you are.  This affirmation NEEDS to be part of our morning life…and hopefully with energetic resolve…be with us through the day. Nothing more…but certainly at least this affirmation…in this new day…for … Continue reading →

Just in case you think the world has not been through anything like this Covid pandemic, here are a few words from Martin Luther during the Bubonic Plague in year 1500’s—Doug White. “I shall ask God mercifully to protect us.  … Continue reading →

My prayer…my hope…my need…is for this event to become standard and not exceptional.  Perhaps the best learning for me comes from Douglas Meek, my doctoral professor at Eden Theological Seminary.  He maintained, my edited short version, GROWTH COMES PRIMARILY FROM … Continue reading →

I didn’t get it at first.  When seeing this incredible IZ singing “Somewhere Over The Rainbow,” I saw the rainbow, I winced at his physical condition, and I found “beyond the clouds” claiming a vision I hope we each hold. … Continue reading →

Tom Coughlin, former NFL Head Football Coach, shared this about his wife, Judy, who is struggling with progressive supranuclear palsy. It’s a rare brain disorder that causes problems with movement. “Our hearts are broken. Judy has been everything to our … Continue reading →

The world swirls; the world implodes.  Name it…floods, climate change, Afghanistan, COVID, forests on fire, masking, vaccinations, earthquakes, immigration, medical woes… No absentee ballot for experiencing at least some of ‘em. For me a worthy daily affirmation is to choose … Continue reading →

Good Monday morning. Thursday, August 19, was our 20th wedding anniversary.  We fished with Zorba on Columbia River.  Amazing time.  Because of her recent surgery Diane couldn’t play a salmon, so I volunteered.  One other customer.  He caught the first … Continue reading →

This picture has wonderful value.  Yes, a piece of heaven: Haystack Rock.  More than that…let me explain. Think it was 1996.  That February, the 14th, my mother was hit by a car.  Leg badly damaged, two surgeries.  As you can … Continue reading →