“Is Ready…” The title of this post seems a bit odd to me. Well perhaps because the thoughts that drove me to write this evening stem from “not being ready” and yet “I’m ready” is the phrase that kept coming to mind as I started. So what does it mean? Why am I ready? and [...]
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24 September, 1988 just after midnight and beyond – Updated
In September of 1988 I was living in Ft. Madison, Iowa in a rented house with my parents and my sister. I was a few weeks shy of seven years of age. The evening of the 23rd I would go to bed in my bedroom, with its green carpet and fall asleep. A bit after [...]
Glorious morning… and a brief glimpse of what is to come
I just wanted to share the joy that fills my hear this morning. I left my apartment and was greeted by the brilliant sun and blue sky. As I walked toward my car I looked out upon the lake, and what was just a few days ago largely white with ice except further out, and [...]