I stumbled on this letter as a result of Googling myself, which I had no real reason to do. This is a complicated issue to post an article about, but I wrote this back in December of 2016, it appears. 6+ years ago. I don’t follow John Piper now, and I’m not sure I could […]
Yesterday evening, about 6:30, as I climbed into the shower, I got the sad news that Aunt Birdell, "Granny Birdell" to so many, had passed away about 5pm. I didn’t cry, and that felt odd. I told Karma later that I "didn’t know how to feel", and she was puzzled and said "Why?" I said […]
I believe in stories. Human beings have a need to record events. There’s a type of memory known as "autobiographical memory", but, sadly, we often have trouble recalling that area completely accurately. We forget things. We get confused. "Time" is often distorted; because the events are there, but they’re not timestamped. They’re always recorded as […]
Sometime last summer, in the aftermath of the loss of my Mom and then my Dad moving in with us (unofficially), I had a “wild hair” to paint our back porch. The stain and water treatment had worn off the wood pretty badly, and we weren’t going to get many more years of service out […]
My desire to write is so confusing. I love to read what people have written, and I often find myself wishing that I could construct sentences as well as others, that I could tell a story with the neat little tricks that they use to hold attention, and so forth. Basically, I would like to […]
What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain. I despise being pressed into a timeline when I don’t have many facts about what I’m being asked to do. It’s really bad when I’m being asked how long a task will take for someone else to do. Usually, the question is well-intentioned. The person […]
I’m sorry, but this is literally the best band on the planet right now, all genres included. Incredible musicians.
Monday afternoon, March 6, 2023, the small town that my family calls home, Canton, NC, learned the devastating news that the paper mill, around which the town was built around 120 years ago, will be closing in 3 months or less. Absolutely devastating to this small town. The local high school football and basketball teams […]
Such a wonderful sport, tennis. It’s been a lifelong love for me. It’s often been lonely, tho, because there are difficulties about finding tennis partners. So I’ve practiced alone, a LOT. I’m grateful for any time I get to grab a racket with anybody who enjoys the game.
Buster Custard 