It’s all been gathered. It’s all been done. About 30 volunteers. About 300 miles in loops shuttling food to sort center and cold storage. Now it’s time to execute. Now it’s time to feed the people. Turkeys reign supreme in the freezer truck Ready for final load Left over, won’t go to waste Two of …
Category: culture
Feed The People: Part Two
Amazing day of collective effort and generosity. Various volunteers, long hours, and grocery store shoppers willing to donate food and cash to support those in need. Today we pull in the rest of the food needed, by hook or by crook, let’s feed the people. Modest Start, Saturday Past a couple boxes of produce, the …
Lyrics Post: “Ceiling Unlimited”
This song, another sneaky sleeper, I think of it…from “Vapor Trails”, the 2002 by RUSH. Sneaky motivator…let it soak in… "Ceiling Unlimited" It's not the heatIt's the inhumanityPlugged into the sweat of a summer streetMachine gun images passLike malice through the looking glass The slack-jaw gazeOf true profanityFeels more like surrender than defeatIf culture is …
Park Scenes: Slow Down, Soak In, Play
#goodstuff #dadlife #dadslife #halffullallgood Several parks, two cities, a couple days, one theme: PLAY. Adventures to a new park a few days again. Another park closer to home on Saturday, trying yet another tomorrow. Such a simple concept, PLAY. Such an easy thing to do, make possible for your kids, any kids in your world, …
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I shared this one before. Not mine, not even U2’s originally… Originally from a now nameless writer several thousand years ago. What language was it even written in? No matter. The words ate timeless in their comfort and hope. From Psalm 40. “I wait for the Lord, he inclines and hears my cry; he lift …
Politics in Two Pictures: Two Nations, Two Tales
USA, 245 years, lots of work to do, fractured, bumpy democracy. Sudan, fighting for a foothold against a military dictatorship.
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Yesterday: “On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month”, the major Western powers who had been at war for four years, called an armistice; the day the “war to end all wars” was paused, and hostilities soon ended. World War I. More than 8 million combatants perished; more than 11 million …
“Inspire Change”
National Football League teams. Seen on the back of football helmets at the base: “Inspire Change” ~ a simple, powerful message. What does it speak to? So many different topics that this phrase might apply to: In business, In society, In politics, In… I’d only add the implied, additional clarifying word: Inspire POSITIVE Change~ Yes. …
Goat Trails
Work routine, getting around, Place to place, Goat Trails. Work up front, work in the middle, work in the back, Goat Trails to get round. Varied routes and routine to keep it fresh and interesting and expedient, Integrated Practice for and Integrated Life. Keep it fresh. Goat Trails.