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2 min read 2021-12-26 03:23:55

And Now I Can Relax

Three 2021 Calendars The last event is over. Christmas has been decorated and celebrated, we have feasted, we have opened gifts. It is Christmas Day,

2 min read 2021-12-25 22:18:37

In today’s Lectionary readings, what Christmas is all about: 1 John 4:7-16 7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone

2 min read 2021-12-24 08:41:23

Yesterday, early in the morning as I headed for the commissary, I found myself feeling relaxed. I can’t ever remember feeling so relaxed at

4 min read 2021-12-11 03:32:07

It gets worse. The flooring people, after one week, still have not arrived. They are in communication with us, and their crew is on another job where

4 min read 2021-12-02 22:35:09

It’s such a common expression in our family that when I thought to title this post with this title, I checked, and sure enough, I have used this

1 min read 2021-10-21 01:15:37

AdventureMan and I have a lot in common; we share a lot of the same values and we’re in our 49th year of marriage. And yet . . . We also have our

1 min read 2021-10-02 07:37:40

Mushroom Soup Who knew, this late in life, that AdventureMan would develop this new talent? This week he had a bug in his brain; he had loved making

1 min read 2021-09-16 20:37:07

Our son and his son, our grandson, quarantined for ten days and are now back at work and in school. My granddaughter continually tested negative; I

1 min read 2021-09-14 23:28:08

AdventureMan and I have different perspectives on this day. He thinks it wasn’t so bad. I think it was the worst day of our trip. It started off

1 min read 2021-09-01 23:42:03

Papabear,Okie, why do Christians hate gay furry people? They have always been hating them, but they claim that they do "love" them.

1 min read 2021-08-16 04:46:07

We have a renovation coming up which will require that we relocate for ten days to two weeks while the workers are completing a project we have long

1 min read 2021-08-14 06:55:46

I am so blessed. Late in life, AdventureMan has discovered he loves to cook. I always thought I was a good-enough cook, but another military wife

1 min read 2021-08-07 23:38:25

As we sat down for dinner last night, I reminded AdventureMan that when he retired (maybe the second or third or fourth time) he said he wanted to

1 min read 2021-08-02 07:30:34

Tonight we were eating Indian food, and talking about some of the truly great Indian restaurants where we had eaten in Doha. Our two favorite had

1 min read 2021-07-15 23:30:51

By Susan Doktor Few things are as devastating to imagine as the death of a loving partner. Worse still may be the anguish of picturing the pain your