Friday, October 13, 2017
Praise Where It Is Due
Yesterday they built the porch/balcony Today they are out there caulking the screw indentations and getting ready to paint. I am more than satisfied. The contractors ended up being very good at what they do and worked nine continuous hours to get it done in one day so we wouldn't forget and walk out...
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Thursday, October 12, 2017
They're H-e-e-e-re!
Many moons ago (actually four score & two days ago) when the deluge was upon our land (the Midwest, and Kansas City in particular) and flooding did abound, and many suffered loss, I posted here that much water had come beneath the sliding-glass doors to our porch and somehow poured into our dining...
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Continuation
Where is Michael? Had he gone back to Afghanistan? Was he still in Florida? Did he think I didn't even care? It seemed as if the grieving process was tearing family apart. Everyone was lost in their own feelings, living with their own hurt. I remember that so clearly from back in 1967 when my...
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Monday, October 9, 2017
Leading The Pack, Keeping Up, Falling Behind
There was a time in my life when I was definitely in the lead position and I loved it. I must say that it is definitely exhilarating. But time and chance wait for no man. Years roll by and before one knows it, falling behind becomes a way of life. Even that can be exhilarating if one knows how to...
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Friday, October 6, 2017
One Day Ago
Before the rains come, one can feel it in the air and know it is coming. Tonight is a good example of that. I can feel it in my head that it is going to be one of those downpours where streams form quickly and flow down the hills to the low places where the waters collect and block the roads, where...
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