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I’m a big fan of thinking, pondering, musing, if you will. I highly encourage it, but just like Ecclesiastes reminds us, there is a time for, a season for, everything. A time to be born and a time to die, a time to break down and a time to build up, a time to seekContinue reading “Standing on the …”

Stars, Miracles, Hearts I promise, they are related. Stars: I remember years ago reading a book that talked about how Reggie White’s (famous NFL star for any young in’s) testimony has more value than my grandmothers. The fallacy lies in our notion that the value of a testimony is in proportion to the popularity ofContinue reading “To Value the Unseen”

Traditionally a Marine mantra, it becomes useful in a lot of life. As a coach, it’s my challenge to players before each game. Every game offers a unique set of challenges and it’s one of the things I enjoy about competition. What challenges are being presented tonight? How can we adapt and overcome… with theContinue reading “Adapt and Overcome”

Heart: a. our blood pumpin’ muscle b. the seat of our emotions. We’ll look at b today. We have a lot of sayings related to the heart… “That kid has a lot of heart.” “Put your heart into it!” “Your breaking my heart.” “Absence makes the heart grow fonder (of someone else).” “A heart ofContinue reading “A Journey of the Heart”

They say you and I will make 35,000 decisions each and every day. Starting with getting up, our morning routine, breakfast, driving, time spent, money spent, thought life spent. Almost 300 of those decisions will be made about food. All these decisions and the reminder that the journey of a thousand miles begins with aContinue reading “35,101 35,102 35,103”

Laughter: of all the things I miss about having small children in the house, laughter is pretty high on the list. The excitable exuberance, big smiles, dumb jokes told for the 100th time, the tickling and the belly laughter at the table, in the car, wherever… Whenever I was gone for a week as aContinue reading “Laughter… the crème de la crème of medicine!!”

in-stinct: an innate, typically fixed pattern of behavior. Nature is always impressive in light of instincts we witness. A couple of years ago our dog had puppies. She did not take any Lamaze class or read any puppy parenting book, but the list of things she knew to do by instinct (God’s internal written code)Continue reading “New Instincts”

Sourdough bread, four ingredients and time. Water, flour, salt, sourdough starter and lots and lots of time. On the recipe card it’s easy to wonder “how hard can this be?” As with many things in life the devil is in the details, so as much as you wonder how any of this could go wrongContinue reading “SIMPLE”

New place = new opportunities. It’s been awhile since I wrote on this blog. Formerly this was a contemplative moment during a pandemic to have a voice while being sequestered. Time moved on and so did I. But maybe what was useful in the past could be useful again. Being in my new place hadContinue reading “New Leaf, Old Story”

This is the beginning of the fourth year on our property. Everything you see in the above picture is new since then. We purchased the property for many reasons, but part of it was the blank slate with which we could transform it into our tastes. There are hundreds of subtleties that require your attentionContinue reading “Become”