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  • Test Time!

    What kind of a test-taker are you? As I look back on my own academic career, I am forced to confess to confess the cold, hard truth: tests were a struggle for me. When it came time to put away… Continue reading

  • A Question of Focus

    A QUESTION OF FOCUS If I was a doctor, I would want me as a patient. No. Not because of the bountiful income stream I’d provide. Rather because I am very compliant kind of person. If you tell me to… Continue reading

  • Healings!

    Praise God!  I’ve been healed!  Not just once, but TWICE! After struggling for months and months with persistent knee pain (due to a fall suffered while walking two VERY excited Wheaten Terriers on a trail through Custer State Park), I got a… Continue reading

  • Good… and cheap

    Never would I ever have suspected it. But as it turns out, Jesus and my former sales manager, Mike B., have shared virtually identical life wisdom with me.  Allow me to elucidate. Long, long ago, in a land far, far… Continue reading

  • IT’S A CONSPIRACY!!!

    No, seriously. It’s true. Did you know I heard that Taylor Swift is actually a ROBOT! Yes! You might also be interested to know that she was sent here from the planet Triskaideka to infiltrate our culture and turn teen and pre-teen women… Continue reading

  • Not Keeping Score

    Well, it finally happened. It took all the way until January 5, but I finally made my first mistake of 2024.  Oh well. So much for that resolution. Of course, I am joking. The mistake I made today – thinking I was… Continue reading

  • “Throw Me the Tennis Ball!”

    Happy 2024, blogosphere! And what better way to kick things off on this fresh, new set of calendar pages than with a BLOG POST! December 2023 was one of my least productive blogging months in recent memory. So, I want… Continue reading

  • Spirit Sculpting

    Alright, you caught me. I’ll come clean and admit it: sometimes I have a tendency toward laziness. Yes, I do have the capacity to work hard on a project or goal… sweating (literally and figuratively) every detail. But now and… Continue reading

  • The Infection Question

    In case I haven’t mentioned it before, I love my dogs.  There is Rosie, the 5-year-old (on the left) and Patrick, Rosie’s daddy, the 7.5-year-old.  Both are of the Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier persuasion. We acquired Rosie first when she was… Continue reading

  • Hungry?

    Yes. I’m hungry. It is about lunchtime here in Oregon as I sit and compose this post. My stomach is grumbling a bit because I have not eaten anything since the delicious dinner Joan prepared for us last night.  But… Continue reading