Well, it’s 4:55 a.m. I walked this morning with a warm feeling enveloping me. It wasn’t because the sun had bathed me in its rays, although I felt I was being sun-baked in the pre-dawn darkness. It was not really because of the steamy humidity that made my body feel as if I had been [...]
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I know. It’s only been a couple of days since my last Random Thought, but this really got to me as I start getting into myself in preparation for getting into the Fall semester in three weeks. I’ll keep this short. I was reading an article on espn.com by Darren Rovell about the Tour de [...]
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I am soaring. Beautiful Jacqueline Danielle Schmier arrived on the morning of Friday, July 16, at 10:16 am: 7 lbs. 12 oz., 20 3/4″, ten fingers and ten toes. In some ways and for very personal reasons that reach deep into my soul, she’s a very special arrival. I’ll just say that she has transform [...]
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Can you believe it. Here I am, sitting on pins and needles waiting for the arrival of Jaqueline Danielle, our third grand-daughter, and I’m thinking about the forlorn, neglected camillias in the front yard. It’s one of those time you just don’t ask. I never think of my camillias, except when I have less than [...]
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Good morning. And, it is an especially good morning! Doctor gave me a “you can do anything you want” clean bill of health a couple of days ago. A pre-dawn mile this morning! It may not sound like much, but after seven weeks on the door stoop stooped by that blasted hernia operation and unexpected [...]
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Do you know what is the most spiritual thing anyone can do on a college campus? No, it’s not lighting incense candles, or humming while sitting in a yoga position, or meditating, or having a formal religious gathering. It’s simplier than that. It’s being a spider. It’s weaving a strong web of connections with others. [...]
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