Oregon Trip, 2017

It’s been 5 years since I last saw my daughter. And 4 since I saw my son. I believe it has been almost 10 years since we all stood in the same place at the same time. So it was definitely time to get together. So we planned an adventure to Medford, Oregon. Unfortunately my … Read more

Back to Ubuntu (Linux)

I have an Acer R11 Chromebook. It has a quad-core Intel CPU.  With 32 GB and a fairly unlimited Google Drive storage of 2 Terabytes it is a very nice laptop computer. For about the past year I have run the KDE distribution of Linux on it with good success. But as has been my … Read more

1952 – It’s been 65 Years!

I survived my 65 birthday. It was good. Part of the experience was to take a minute to reflect on the relativity of my age. As an old man I have the unique privilege of having three teenage children. One of my friends says there is a reason God doesn’t give old people young children. … Read more

What a way to start the Year

Winter has finally arrived. At least it snowed a bit. It set the mood for what is happening in our country. I’m not one to waste time on politics or get into long winded diatribes about what political party is right, and which one is wrong. And my writings here rarely waste words on which … Read more

47 Years Ago…

47 years ago, on January 30th, I was married in the front room of a rural home in California. I married Sharlene Fuller. We were 18. As a matter of fact, she had graduated mid-term from high school and I finished out the last half of my senior year in high school taking the one … Read more

Yay! They Fit!

My new shoes arrived yesterday, and they fit! They are a full size bigger than normal for me, and I was able to order them wide, so they are very comfortable. They are called an “un-sneaker”. I didn’t like the texture in the photograph, I just wanted smooth black shoes. But it turns out the … Read more

CMT – My AFO’s Broke!

In mid-September I realized that for all the energy I was expending while I was walking that I didn’t get very far. That’s when I noticed there was a crack in my ankle foot orthotics, one each foot. The crack was in the post that connects my legs to the support under my foot. It … Read more

High Resolution Photograph

If you want the full resolution photo of the present site header, which is a panoramic view of an outer banks thunderstorm I photographed during our vacation in July, I will post it here. It is Another advantage is lowest price for viagra regencygrandenursing.com that they help to reduce blood cholesterol level and maintain heart’s … Read more

Behind in my Chores

Did you ever have a period when you fell sadly behind in your chores?  I am going through that now. Too much to do and no time to do it. You can see this is my first post since May. And so much has happened since then I hardly know where to start. School got … Read more

A future Country Western song…

A good friend of mine recently looked at my blog entries and concluded that my life is fodder for the making of some future country western song… you know,  the kind where the washer broke, the car got wrecked, the girlfriend left, and the dog died. My friend is a wise man, and I’ve always … Read more