A Picture of Grace

Me, Dad, David & Jesus on June 26th, 2008
Love. Grace. Forgiveness. 1 Peter 4:8. Tears. Joy.
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Wedding Bells

I am absent and well south of the Mason-Dixen Line in Virginia, USA. Our family converged on my mother’s and sister’s homestead this weekend to celebrate my little sister’s wedding. They had a beautiful outdoor southern rose garden wedding. So here’s Holly and my new brother-in-law Kenny.

Also, some of my nieces and other little sister are [...]

Dad’s Eyes

On the 24th of this month by brother Dave and I will both be visiting our dad Al at his home in upstate New York. This will be the first time we three will sit around a table together since 1965.
Our God is amazing.
He will be there with us.
And for us.
i was lookin’ for my [...]

The Decropping of an Avatar

This is Colin, my second grandchild and first of three grandsons, born into the wilderness on September 7th, 2002. My daughter and happy mama, Miranda, is the photographer using my camera. She’s not too familiar with the camera so it came out a little blurry but it is one of my absolute favorite photos none [...]

Break Time

My daughter and son-in-law just bought a townhouse in a foreclosure deal. So it is a mess. We tore out all the wall-to-wall carpet and we’re primer-painting everything. The upstairs bathroom did not meet even gas-station standards for quality and cleanliness so my son-in-law and I gutted it to the subfloor and studs. We are [...]

Dispelling Yet Another Myth

Installment Six of The Fairy Tale Reality
(See related tales for prior posts)
To better understand our impenetrable fairy tale prison wall we really should study the most notorious wall climber the world has ever known. No, not your mother, but none other than one of the most infamous wall climbers in all of history, a prisoner [...]

The Fairy Tale Prison Wall

Every prison has a wall and the fairy tale prison we find ourselves in is no exception. Real prison walls are designed to be insurmountable. Still there are cases where the wall is indeed scaled by an industrious prisoner. However, unlike the real prison wall, the fairy tale prison wall is completely, utterly, unequivocally, undeniably, [...]