up to an alarm clock. Yuk. But I was just so excited to get back into the swing of things, I woke up before the alarm went off. Yippee! Class turned out to be pretty good yesterday. Small group but very nice discussion. SU is ready for a break from teaching. Just a temporary … [Read more...] about Back to work and waking
Nostalgia
I've been blogging since at least 2003, much longer if you consider the early days of computing. I've stopped and started many times, usually deleting everything. I found about 800 old posts from 2004 - 2007 that I imported for random memories. Those posts are under this category.
The vacation week is wrapping up
and we must now return to reality. Managed to redo our bedroom, it looks great. I'm too old for this stuff, every joint in my body aches right now! We ended the week by riding the bike out to the San Jacinto monument for the celebration of independence from Mexico. There was … [Read more...] about The vacation week is wrapping up
It’s been an entertaining week
thus far, for a vacation that is. SU and I decided to just hang out around the trailer and see what we could get into. Unfortunately, for SU that means changing something, this time involving painting. I think that the CIA should use painting around the trailer as torture on … [Read more...] about It’s been an entertaining week
In class on Sunday,
I asked a question about forgiveness in relation to Jesus' words on the cross, Father, forgive them. Could you forgive someone that raped and murdered your wife or daughter? Brutally killed your son? None of us have yet reached the point that we could honestly say yes. … [Read more...] about In class on Sunday,
Watched disc one of
Ken Burn's Civil War series last night. Pretty powerful stuff; it takes a big picture approach to the war and includes both issues that were involved, slavery and states rights. I have a hard time understanding those people that insist the war was only about one or the other, to … [Read more...] about Watched disc one of