I love this term. Maybe I like it because it’s sometimes used to reference an aircraft engine warming after being turned on. At least, that’s what’s in my head... : - ) I looked it up, so for all my engineer / machine-thinking friends, I found this, related to “turbo power”: “Turbo spool time is …
I’ll Take It
As it comes, I’ll take it. Easy conversation, I’ll take it. Blue sky, cool breeze, I’ll take it. Light sheen of sweat blankets me, I’ll take. Smoke wafting from the barbecue, I’ll take it. A billion emails expected on Monday morning, I’ll take it. Kids quietly watching TV, I’ll take it. Detente, I’ll take it. …
Scenes From “Stay-cation” 2020
Doing, Playing, Reading, Playing, More Doing, Being Clearing the yard, phase 1. Good read at the DMV, and anywhere really. Building and creativity. Old-school dinosaur chasing person upstairs. Coffee take-out. America. Ride in pick-up.
Why Is It So Hard?
These things we are called to in life, these difficulties thrust before us, why does it have to be so hard? It’s just life. It is what it is. One of those four great truths Buddha identified: “Life is difficult.” In Matthew 10:16, Jesus makes a similar observation as he spells out how his friends …
Weekend Camp Site
Simple. A bit of special effort. And as the advert goes, “Priceless.”
Land’s End, 8 Mile Road
All the way out we drove, to the end, 8 Mile Road, West, Stockton. Me and the kids, Mama was having lunch in town with friend. We snacked in the park first. Watched a couple woodpeckers do their thing. Saw a few blue birds too, these creatures flitting here and there in the midday summer …
Lyrics Post: “Presto”
This song is one of my favorites from what I'd call the "Third Wave" of RUSH's music...at least it feels that way to me. And PRESTO!, more magic, song, lyric, GOOD. "If I could wave my magic wandI'd make everything all right I'm not one to believe in magicBut I sometimes have a second sightI'm …
Bedtime at Fernwood
Quite a ruckus most nights getting ALL to bed. There are the usual night-time chores — putting on pajamas, brushing teeth, getting water bottles filled with ice and water, arranging stuffed animals and blankets — it can sometimes take quite a while. But when we’re done, and the lights go off, relaxation falls over everyone …
Say Their Names, Honor Their Fight For Equal Rights
In this great American experiment, we must rely on the fundamental ideals the founders laid out in the beginning. After that initial revolution that birthed the United States of America, some eighty years later, we fought a civil war to solidify the course of our country. We are at a similar, if not as …
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Americans, Undocumented
Who are they? Who are they really? They're just like us, whoever "us" is. And their stories? Uniquely theirs. Worth a listen. Definitely worth a listen. So listen up. And learn. one.npr.org/i/882551486:882657333
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