Sometimes, when you talk to people about really mundane things, like refurbishing a shovel or why some tool has merit over another tool, you can see their eyes glaze over and you can feel any interest or enthusiasm leave their … Continue reading
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I bought some lemonade from some little kids who had set up a lemonade stand at the end of a dead-end street yesterday. They had two signs…one at the stand, the other about 20 feet up the road. They’d set … Continue reading
I love running at night. Actually, I run in the very early morning. It’s the tail end of night. I love it when it’s dark and the sky is perfectly clear and every star that I can see is shining … Continue reading
I didn’t run this morning. My hip was bothering me….so I didn’t run. It’s good to feel like I’m not on a treadmill. I can get off when I want to. I don’t have to run everyday. Yesterday, I did … Continue reading
My youngest son went to preschool for his first day yesterday. Jenny said that they split the day up into 15 minute activities, so I think he covered a lot of ground in the 3 hours he was there. From … Continue reading
I got the idea somewhere along the line that humility was one of the most pleasing traits you could have in the eyes of God. I think that I thought that if a gentle sense of humility was pleasing to … Continue reading
Last night, my wife and I heard a noise outside. “Is it something getting the rooster?” she asked at 2:30 in the morning. “No…” I answered. “I think it was something behind the house…it was coming from a different direction … Continue reading
Here’s a song from Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s album “Love Has Come for You”. Asheville is a great place. It would be nice if no one else noticed. It’s getting kind of popular and crowded. People seem to chase … Continue reading
I know people whose biggest regret in life is something along the lines of dropping the final pass in the high school championship or not getting the promotion that they’d hoped for. It’s some shortcoming or mistake that they can’t … Continue reading
Our four-year knows how to work a computer. Of course, he doesn’t know how to spell or type yet…so when he needs to look up something, he yells for me to type it in. I guess I’m the monkey’s stick. … Continue reading