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Let me be clear, I am not the Grinch.  I’m just doing my best during a very quiet December.   For more than fifty years I listened to popular Christmas tunes and hymns that each year were a part of my Christmas season.  Annual opportunities to enjoy Rockin Around the Christmas Tree and Do YouContinue reading “Love’s Pure Light”

Pumpkins and pilgrims decorate our yard, placed there by the womanwho loves this season the most. Leaves have begun to change hue;some have separated from their boughs allowing them to float free andscatter across my yard. The breeze is brisk, the sun sets early… it is the season of Thanksgiving. During November, one of myContinue reading “While we have time, let us do good…”

An old man had a habit of early morning walks on the beach.  One day, after a storm, he saw a human figure in the distance moving like a dancer. As he came closer, he saw that it was a young woman and she was not dancing but was reaching down to the sand, pickingContinue reading “Give us this day…”

Lessons I’ve learned while visiting my neighbor… “If you will get up and walk for a few minutes every hour, then you will not need to go to physical therapy.”  Those were the instructions from my surgeon.   Walking…that seemed easy enough, even with a new hip.  I was getting this medical advice one month intoContinue reading “Tremendous”

Happy Mother’s Day!  Today is the day that we traditionally celebrate our moms.  As such, I have asked a good number of people from all walks of life to send me a remembrance of their mothers.  First, I did not expect many responses because that is how requests like this usually work (or don’t work,Continue reading “Lucky”

I was in my place, seated on my silent pew.  The minister was offering his weekly sermon and I was reading along on an iPad (he had emailed me the sermon in advance so that the deaf guy might follow along.)  The subject was love and he referenced this passage from a Mitch Albom classic:Continue reading “Say it twice…”

I attended a memorial service for my friend John today.  Although I did not hear the tributes from friends and colleagues (I am deaf), I was able to follow along with the minister’s Words of Hope because he was kind enough to email me a copy in advance.  The title of this piece is stolenContinue reading “What have we learned from John Hamilton?”

Saturday, January 15th was a day off.  I was just home from lunch and playoff football was nearing kick-off.  I was in the recliner checking/returning emails.  There was a fire in the fireplace and the dogs were curled up on the couch.  Life was good…when an emergency news alert popped up on my iPad screen. Continue reading “Whom Shall I Send?”

I have been traveling a lot lately.  Earlier this week, I traveled back to 1966. I have pleasant memories of the Christmas of 1966. I recall my mother urging me to create a Christmas list.  So, she supplied a Big Chief tablet and a Number 2 pencil…  She also produced an essential tool for childrenContinue reading “My Christmas List”

My friend, Cline lives about three houses up the street.  We both like to fish, to do woodworking projects, and we both have an interest in American Sign Language.  Cline is just kind and wants to learn ASL and I am a late deafened adult. Cline also has an interest in cooking, and I haveContinue reading “Friends”