“Juneteenth” , a US Federal Holiday? Since when? Four years now since this day - 19 June - was designated so, a formal holiday to remember and commemorate the day in 1865 when all enslaved people were declared free, emancipated, released and no longer subject to bondage, to slavery. It’s been 160 years since that …
Tag: attitude
Where Do The Socks Go?
Crazy little thing called love coping, silly little thing like managing children’s socks…wait, what?? Come again…? I love with three school-age kids, not so little anymore. And I’m not the most strict dad, fairly moderate, I’d say. Maybe too lax on clothing management. Where the clothes go after one takes ones clothes off in some …
What’s In Front, Behind
Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco. Very cool, water-feature experiential monument of sorts to Dr. King. And these words were just what I needed. “ The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but rather where he stands in times of challenge and controversy.” Amen, amen.
It May Bear Fruit
This passage from Luke, chapter 13, resonates. Don’t give up; try again; there is still hope; take action with care, try a different approach, Good can still result. Yes. Yes it can. And he told them this parable: "There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard, and when he …
Operation: Little Kids
“Being a parent of little kids is sometimes like being a special forces operator.” That’s the way it’s been feeling these last few days. Of course, we don’t have to apply lethal force in the course of conducting parenting operations; and certainly we are not in harms way (typically) when parenting. So no one is …
NEVER SUICIDE! NEVER GIVE UP – EVER.
News of Chester Bennington's suicide has me slowly shaking my head in frustration. The Linkin Park frontman left the world far too early, taking his own life at age 41. "Another one gone", I can only think. His passing marks the latest of several public faces that have meant so much to so many through …
So What’s With The Home Page Pic, Anyway?
Looking at the home page picture I'm using for this blog, it occurs to me that most (all?) everyone probably looks at that image and wonders, "What's up with that picture, anyway? Where was it taken? Why the fountain? Who's the little kid? So to clarify, there are several things going on at once that …
RELAX.
On the lighter side. We all run into situations when someone seems to overreact to a given circumstance. Something that seems to get blown out of proportion, someone gets a little too excited. A few idioms then, to help communicate this very common human experience. In English there are several phrases that come to mind... …
“It’s Not Rocket Science”
[Image of Wouter Weylandt c. 2010, racing for Leopold Racing] "Focus and Perseverance go a long way. In other words? Hard Work Makes the Difference." Most things aren't incomprehensible. Complex? Sure. Takes some effort -- sometime a LOT of effort -- to understand and master? Absolutely. But with most activities the majority of us need …
Acceptance
It was 6:19am Monday morning when I realized, "I forgot the orange bag!" I'd been up about two hours at this point, felt good about getting some running into my morning exercise routine, was in the car with the kids five minutes earlier than usual. Then things went sideways. The "orange bag" is what we …
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