#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 …
From the Quiet
Gray half-light in the room. Soft, rhythmic breathing of morning sleep, together with gentle lull of the wall heater in the hall. From this place I ponder, from this place I consider, from this place I write. Volumes pour into, out of my head. Only maybe a fraction do I capture. From this baseline I …
Blog Like A Tweet: Sunday Eve Lull
Mishmash morning, kids’ whim to add pancakes to breakfast? Done. Number Three finished her laundry put-away? Magic. These highlights outweighed a couple bumps, and away we went into the afternoon. Home run visit to a county park wed not tried previous; quick return errand and grocery stop on the way home, now can see clearly …
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.
Spool Up, Down
Ramped up yesterday early, before the sun was up, a good start to a busy Friday ahead, ready to get a bunch moving forward, and then… Things went sideways was tue kids started waking up and getting ready for school… The youngest, spooled up herself, and not in a good way; she went from neutral …
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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. …
Blog Like A Tweet/P.S.A: Get Vaxxed
Gotta say, so proud of these three, my kids. Not the youngest on the list: they’re 10, 9, 7. But so SO proud. Rallied up for the Covid Vax, seemed to understand the importance, important to build immunity, important to stay safe. Rallied up, got the jab, crying kids around us, but not these three; …
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