Having served in many church volunteer roles over my life, I never have attended an ELCA Churchwide Assembly. This year I decided to run as a delegate representing NE Ohio. Completing the profile for the balloting, I made a decision to run with my GLBT church activism evident. This runs counter to the majority of GLBT folk who omit these items from their profile. The…
Is this goose cooked?
Two summers ago my concrete goose had an unfortunate accident. While watering planters on my deck, I yanked my hose which appeared to be stuck. The hose was set free with a thud. I turned around to see that my goose was beheaded. It was a freak at-home accident. The hose had wrapped around his neck. Unfortunately a head rolled. I have tried to repair…
Embarrassing Photo for May
Today is my birthday! The above photo, taken 48 years ago at my 4th birthday party, is typical of many more. My brother and I always shared the party since his birthday was May 10. That’s me in the center blowing as hard as I can. Damn, I look so cute in those suspenders. Our neighbors Kent, Carl and Clark are on the left. My…
Memories…
Today, I took Brett to Summa for an outpatient test that required him being sedated. I was there when he was coming around. I couldn’t understand much of anything for 5 minutes until he fully woke up. Now I know what he went through in the many days it took me to recover from my 1-week drug induced comma after my 3 heart surgeries last…
Oh my! Chipotle!
What a surprise I got today. While surfing through blogs, I ended up on a my friend Mike’s pal Jason’s blog, OSRB. He had an entry showing the nutrition information of his favorite Chipotle burrito. It also had a link to calculate the nutrition information for your personal burrito. I took the challenge. I haven’t been there since my heart attack. It looks like I…
Early Spring
It’s an early spring here in Ohio. Tonight was the first night I worked in the yard since before my heart attack in October. I love working in my perennials. I can’t recall them being so far along so early as they are this year. I spent about 1 1/2 hours weeding, trimming and edging the back beds. They look pretty nice. I hope to…
On things not to say during National Library Month
From today’s page on my 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said Calendar… One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures. President George W. Bush
We're ready to come home
I can’t believe that I would say that, but we’re tiring of vacation. Our last days at sea were quiet… calm seas and quiet times. I did dinner on the last night at The Normandy, the reservation only, high end restaurant on the ship. Our pal Brian from Milwaukee wanted to do it with a group and order from the Menu Exceptional. Since his partner…