My life seems to be extra busy these days, and I haven’t ben able to give this space the attention I would like. Today though just a few images that will hopefully brighten your mood.. I apologize in advance for my sense of humor.

It seems like only a week ago was Flashback Friday, where we revisit a post from this date a number of years ago. Today we look at October 11, 2014. I am old enough to remember the big coal-fired train engines. They were just being phased out in favour of diesel when I was a […]

I got an email yesterday from the social media platform that Meta set up to rival Twitter. Remember Threads? There was a lot of hype and and (if my memory serves me correctly) a hundred million people signed up in the first week. For all I know, I may have been one of them – […]

His humor tended to be cruder than I like, but there was the occasional gem.

It was on October 7, 2023, that Hamas launched its sneak attack on Israel, killing more than a thousand people and starting a war that not only has has no end in sight, but has now expanded into Lebanon. Where do we go from here? Last month I thought we might dive into the topic […]

Welcome to Flashback Friday and a post from October 4, 2014. I looked to see if Elbonia was still an option, but alas the airline ceased operations in 2022 I didn’t have the guts to check the box. Discretion in this case was the better part of valor, as you will see as you read […]

My dreams are that vivid. Some mornings I wake up tired because of all the activity I have been dreaming about. I’m not sure what can be done about it though. The only way I know of to avoid dreaming is not to sleep. I think that would make me tired too.

It is one of those iconic churches, a huge draw for tourists in downtown Freiburg. I hadn’t planned on going inside, but the organ music drew me in. The Munster is a dark place – you really shouid visit it on a sunny day. I don’t think i have ever managed that, but this particular […]

It isn’t that many years ago that we looked to the best and brightest of our society to lead us, men and women of integrity with a passion to serve. How did we get to this?

On this Flashback Friday we revisit September 27, 2014, with thoughts that started more than 30 years before that. In some ways our visit to London this summer was a write-off. It was the last day before our flight home, and I had planned to take in a few sights, it having been a long […]