Shopping For A Wedding

I’m one of the parents. The wedding is this summer. The end of June. My daughter is the bride. I know the colors. I know the styles to be worn by the wedding party. But I don’t have the right clothing myself. Where does one start? My daughter is one of my most Extraordinary of …

Back Home

We’re not only “back home” in Portland (OR) from Spokane (WA) but Hunter is back to his normal self again. He’s eating his food faster than I can cleanup after preparing his meal. You know, there are annoying aspects of his behavior, like wanting in-and-out every few minutes or just standing in front of me …

Hunter, The Day After. . .

Hunter had general anesthesia yesterday to get his teeth cleaned by the veterinarian. They had to pull a tooth. Yesterday I thought they pulled two but it was only one. He also had some tissue growing up around his lower canine tooth removed. Ouch! to all of it! Then, to top it all off, we …

Hunter’s Dental Cleaning

Poor Hunter!! Hunter had a dental cleaning today. The veterinarian pulled two small teeth and had to pack a pocket, at least I think that’s what he did. Hunter is still there. I have been without him all day. For that I can say, Poor Me! He has to eat only soft food this weekend, …

Cutting Meds? I Don’t Think So!

Just earlier today I was looking at all the meds I take to keep me functioning. I was thinking that since I’m no longer working (retired,) I could talk to my care providers (psych nurse, therapist, primary care doc) about maybe cutting my dosages. But then this afternoon happened. Someone in my family got news …

Rachel Held Evans

Rachel Held Evans has died. It would be a serious misrepresentation to say I knew her because I did not. I once ate lunch with her along with 8 other seminary professors during a Ministry in Contemporary Context Symposium in Portland. She was a very pleasant person. She was also “on edge.” This was during …

Tomorrow Is Commencement

I’m sitting in the library studying the impact of the Reformation in the Netherlands. It’s fun to be able to do my own research. It’s been a long time. Ultimately, the plan is to discern the impact the Dutch Reformation had on Eastern Orthodoxy, if any, and/or vice versa. I’ve found nothing about the influence …

Clean Garage?

Clean garage? Not likely. But we did rearrange it a bit today. For years we have been cheap storage for students. It only takes a couple of students to literally trash it. Today, we went through about 1/3 of it. So much went into boxes. Some went to the mess in the attic. The rest …