Monday, January 19, 2015

What's happening?

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When you think no one is reading your blog, you lose motivation to post to it. Anyway, in the hope that someone, somewhere might read this,...
Friday, January 02, 2015

Back again from Missouri; tree of knowledge

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We got back home from a few days in Missouri. In December, we spent more time in Missouri than Oklahoma. My Dad has not been doing well. ...
Friday, December 26, 2014

Catching up on things

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It has been almost a month since I last posted something here. Today we returned from a six-day trip to Springfield. My Dad is not doing ...
Sunday, November 30, 2014

Uganda Kids Choir

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This picture taken tonight at Sand Springs United Methodist Church. Pictured are the ten members of the Uganda Kids Choir. They were mov...
Saturday, November 29, 2014

Back from Springfield again

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Here are the highlights from this past week: On Monday, Gail come over for a two-hour practice session. After that I went to Mark Twain E...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

TTH and church

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We attended Tulsa Town Hall last Friday. The speaker was Bill Bryson, an expat now living in England. He is in the US on a book tour and T...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

Dan at Silver Dollar City

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This shot was taken near the entrance of SDC.

Christmas Tree at night

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Tracks overhead

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You can walk under a train at Silver Dollar City.

Tree at SDC

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Church at SDC

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Here is the Wilderness Church at Silver Dollar City.

Branson

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I haven't posted anything to my blog in quite a few days. I have been doing a few things which if I don't write about soon will fad...
Sunday, November 02, 2014

Movie; Halloween; Finger; Workday at Church

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This past week J and I saw a movie. It was St. Vincent starring Bill Murray. It's a better than average movie, but notinh to rave abou...
Sunday, October 26, 2014

Back from a brief vacation

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Wednesday morning we left for a brief vacation. We drove toward Oklahoma City but got off the turnpike at Stroud. We took highway 99 south...
Sunday, October 19, 2014

To Springfield and back

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We made another trip to Springfield this week. We left on Wednesday and returned on Friday. It was good to see my parents again and take t...
Tuesday, October 07, 2014

Sebelius - Goodbye to Bob - trigger finger

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While at church Sunday someone had tickets to an afternoon concert at the Tulsa PAC. Bill D. claimed the tickets, but upon phoning his wife...
Saturday, October 04, 2014

Returning to my blog

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It has been a while since I last posted anything to this blog. There is a lot of catching up to do. The last few days have been busy. Mo...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Recent activities

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Monday (yesterday) began with Gail coming over for piano duet practice. We are working on Faure's "Gavotte" and Glinka's ...
Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Making Sense of the Bible

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Below is a link to a short video in which author Adam Hamilton talks about his recent book Making Sense of the Bible. Hamilton is pastor o...
Sunday, August 31, 2014

A Nocturnal Visitor

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Last night my wife and I went to bed around 11:30 pm. We had been asleep for a couple of hours when suddenly we heard the doorbell. Ding, ...
Saturday, August 30, 2014

Putting salmon on the grill

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Today we had plank salmon cooked on the grill. You first have to soak the cedar plank in water. Then you build your fire. Next you place t...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Walking and more

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This morning I went walking. With the kids being back in school, I now walk earlier than I have been. When school was out, I walked from n...
Friday, August 15, 2014

An outing with Luke and more

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Yesterday, which was Thursday, We took Luke, our grandson, to Tulsa for an outing. We went to a new place called the Air Port. It is an in...
Tuesday, August 05, 2014

The last several days...

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There is not much to report on here. Last Sunday, I was the lay speakers at Church of the Restoration. The topic of my talk was "Song...
Sunday, July 27, 2014

Events of the week

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It is Sunday once again. This past week we made a trip to Springfield. We left on Wednesday and came back on Friday. We were busy the en...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

Favorite web sites for free piano sheet music

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I have saved hundreds of dollars over the years by downloading free sheet music rather than buying it at a music store. There are two sites...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Back from another Springfield trip

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We got back home today from another trip to Springfield. We drove there on Wednesday and came back today. My granddaughter, Ayla, came alo...
Friday, July 04, 2014

Walking

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Here I am walking at the Salvation Army gymnasium, which is located about a mile from my house.  I usually walk for a hour three or four tim...
Saturday, June 28, 2014

Cucumbers

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Here are the cucumbers harvested today from my garden. The cup gives some perspective to the vegetables.
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Daily routine

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I thought I might say something about my daily routine in this post. I usually get up between 6:00 am and 9:30 am. I sleep fairly well a...
Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Back from trip around Missouri

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On Tuesday of last week, we left for an eight-day trip to Missouri. First, we went to Springfield. My Dad had some doctor appointments. ...
Monday, June 02, 2014

Catching up

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I checked to see when I last updated this blog. It was May 12, and today is June 2. So I have a couple of weeks to catch up on. On May ...
Monday, May 12, 2014

Recent events

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May 4, a Sunday, was Humanist Sunday at Church of the Restoration. I was the speaker that day. I spoke on certain aspects of the American ...
Saturday, May 03, 2014

AAA to the rescue

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Yesterday, J and Ayla wanted to go shopping at Old Navy at Southroads (41st and Yale). I drove them to the store, and since I am not a big ...
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Recent happenings

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On Sunday, April 20, following the service at Restoration, we held our Progressive Book Group meeting. I was pleasently surprised that eigh...