So I was reading a very good book today. It was written by John Evans and published in 1807.  I am happy to say it is one of my favorite books (and maybe even treasured due to its age).  It shows a certain character of the times.  Consider this guy wrote it in 1807.  It […]

This morning, I had my usual quiet time.  I do a devotional thing and during my journaling, I began considering the message of giving back and then my calling.  And then I started thinking about Snowboarding.  You see I have been snowboarding for almost twenty years.   I consider myself to be pretty good (good to […]

I recently found myself at…Starbucks.  Oh great, there is someone in Calgary who is erupting in “what did he just say??  My brother-in-law is also more than likely saying “What??”  I was buying drinks for Grace and Sarah.  For those not keeping track, they are 6 and 3 respectively.  I ordered a vanilla steamer and […]

Strange title, eh?  I was watching Memphis Belle and there was the scene early on when the navigator, Phil was thinking about the upcoming flight (their last due to a 25 flight rotation) and was thinking for sure he would die on this last flight.  And thusly, he started yelling after drinking heavily, “I don’t […]

In my last post, I spoke often about how I did this or encountered that.  That is important if for no other reason than to clarify, in some way, my son’s response to whatever will be conditioned by what I and his mother gave him in the way of perspective.  That seems like a long […]