***To The Snow We Go!
Tomorrow we head on up to Royal Gorge, for a day of cross country skiing. Now I’m not a good skier. I’m not even a good cold weather person. But, heck, I’m game to go for a day and see how I do. After my exercise this year at AVAC maybe [...]
***Vacation Time!
So … no more Nuts for another year (or close to it) and no playing jobs until January 22. I’m actually sorry to have so much of a break — I do love the performing work. Aside from tomorrow’s day of teaching, I don’t go back to teaching work until a week from Tuesday, [...]
***Some Christmas Poems For You
Arrival
Only stench of animals and cold hard bed
of roughwood blesses newborn child.
Visited by wary shepherds, angel guided,
dark cave transforms to holy sanctuary.
This gift of flesh and flowing blood, refused
for want of grander entrance. People waiting
demand a greater, royal incarnation. Surely crown
and proclamation should accompany the birth.
Hushed and still in ebon night, [...]
***Brandon is Home!
Yep. He’s here. In all of his splendor. It’s always great to have the whole family under the same roof. And we will be … for about 30 more minutes. Then I have to leave for Nutcracker. But I’ll be back, whether the rest of the family likes it or not!
***The Nuts
So I’m [...]
***Thought for the Day (or longer)
A turkey is more occult and awful than all the angels and archangels. In so far as God has partly revealed to us an angelic world, he has partly told us what an angel means. But God has never told us what a turkey means. And if you go and [...]
***Saw It!
Dan, Kelsey, Jameson and I saw The Return of the King tonight. I cried. Great movie. Yay!
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***I’m a Hero!
Today I was a hero … or, if we are to be gender specific (is this sexist?) a heroin … um wait … a heroine (although perhaps I am like a drug as well? … to my daughter. Yippee! You can read all about it.
Any rewards you’d like to send my way [...]
***Quote for the Day
If you drink, don≠t dial.
-Reply to caller who dialed his social security number instead of the number he wished to reach, quoted in NY Herald Tribune, 30 Apr 58
***Blogpaucity
Yes. I’m here. Still breathing. Really. I’ve just been negligent. I’ve not posted for quite some time. Call me irresponsible.
But here I am. Just [...]
***Tendonitis
Yep. That’s what I have. So it’s lots of Ibuprofen, icing, stretches, and … the doctor told me this … really! … “Go easy on the housework.”
There’s always a silver lining.
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***December
It’s difficult for me to believe that December is already here. How do I lose so much time? Who is stealing it from me? Could I steal from someone else?
And now Christmas is just around the corner. Amazing.
Annunciation
Salvation to all that will is nigh;
That All, which always is all everywhere,
Which cannot sin, [...]