April 10, 2013 32 of 65 I’m Glad I Asked One Request: In my senior year of high school, the English department changed the curriculum so that students would not simply take “Senior English”; but, to be “more like college,” we could choose a specific subject to study each quarter. The Creative Writing class taughtContinue reading “DAY 32 – I’M GLAD I ASKED”
Monthly Archives: April 2013
DAY 31 – GHOSTS OF AUSCHWITZ
April 9, 2013 31 of 65 Ghosts of Auschwitz This is a travel story. Let me set the stage. Our son Michael was participating in a summer session of Semester at Sea, taking classes while sailing to exotic locales on a cruise ship for three months. An optional parents’ trip was scheduled to meet theContinue reading “DAY 31 – GHOSTS OF AUSCHWITZ”
DAY 30 – HEALING – PART 1
April 8, 2013 30 of 65 Healing – Part 1 Although healing may not be THE purpose of life, it is important. The word “healing” literally means to make whole. It applies in many different contexts – to take some condition or some thing that is broken or lacking and make it complete. Most commonly,Continue reading “DAY 30 – HEALING – PART 1”
DAY 29 – OF MY MANY SHORTCOMINGS . . .
April 7, 2013 29 of 65 Of My Many Shortcomings . . . Of my many shortcomings, one of the most glaring is my lack of skill in repairing mechanical devices or things around the house. It is not that I am afraid of hard work. In fact, I am on such good terms withContinue reading “DAY 29 – OF MY MANY SHORTCOMINGS . . .”
DAY 28 – SPAIN
April 6, 2013 28 of 65 Spain Every morning there’s a halo hangin’ From the corner of my girlfriend’s four post bed, I know it’s not mine but I’ll see if I can use it for The weekend or a one-night stand. –Sugar Ray, “Every Morning” (1999) It was the Spring of 1999 at theContinue reading “DAY 28 – SPAIN”
DAY 27 – THE PURPOSE OF LIFE
April 5, 2013 27 of 65 The Purpose of Life I don’t want to keep you in suspense. There is no reason to wait until Day 65; we can pause right now for a brief moment to discuss the purpose of life on the Earth. Understand that my intent is not to impose a particular belief,Continue reading “DAY 27 – THE PURPOSE OF LIFE”
DAY 26 – IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME
April 4, 2013 26 of 65 It’s All Greek to Me Three months after we were married, Cathy and I embarked on a “trip of a lifetime” to Greece. It did not begin well. We flew from Denver to New York and then took a long overnight flight from JFK to Athens. From the airportContinue reading “DAY 26 – IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME”
DAY 25 – ROCKY FLATS
April 3, 2013 25 of 65 Rocky Flats I’m gonna preach you a sermon about Old Man Atom, And I don’t mean the Adam in the Bible datum, I don’t mean the Adam that Mother Eve mated, I mean the thing that Science liberated . . . -Talking Atomic Blues We have all seenContinue reading “DAY 25 – ROCKY FLATS”
DAY 24 – THAT’S RIGHT
April 2, 2013 24 of 65 That’s Right When Suzanne was perhaps 4 years old, we were driving together and I noticed something odd along the way. I don’t remember what it was. I called her attention to the oddity by saying, “Whoa, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.” (The implied reference being toContinue reading “DAY 24 – THAT’S RIGHT”
DAY 23 – WHEN PLUTO WAS A PLANET
April 1, 2013 23 of 65 When Pluto Was a Planet Science marches on. Some think our educational system may be falling behind, but often it is far out in front. Here I am thinking of an incident that occurred when our son Michael was in 2nd Grade. He was attending Martensen Elementary School inContinue reading “DAY 23 – WHEN PLUTO WAS A PLANET”