Christmas traditions – Decorating
For most of the year, all our holiday decorations resided in a big cardboard box or two under the basement stairs. One box had Halloween stuff, and costumes from years…
Journal: Golf Outing
Or... A day in the life of a blind veteran in a Blindness Rehab Center (BRC). A page from my personal journal. 2015-07-08 - Hines Day 23. Wednesday The golf…
Old News About Swimming
Originally posted in a Facebook group on February 19, 2016. Don't know how I missed posting it here too, but here goes... Since the beginning of the year, my wife…
Lost Scene: Dark Clouds
"Can you believe this?" Dan asked no one in particular, as he folded the newspaper aside. "25 shootings, 4 stabbings, 3 homicides on thanksgiving day," he paused for affect before…
Kitchen Gravity
Everyone knows at least a little bit about gravity. If you drop something, it falls, the direction it falls is the direction we call down. For more advanced people we…
Boring Routine, and Cookies
Checked messages this morning. Actually yesterday morning. Read a little in the bible, but the devotional was one that seemed generic, or at least didn't make sense to me. Then…
Happy Thanksgiving
Twas the day before Thanksgiving, and all through the farm; Turkeys where hiding, and coming to harm. The farmer was busily sharpening his ax, His wife looking forward to a…
Help Me Launch My First Book, Christmas Timeline
I started this last year, but shelved the book due to not having it finished until after the holiday season. After pulling my file out of my storage archives, blowing…
The Reality of a Visit from the Grandkids
Talking over coffee, the realization hits that you miss the grandkids, and wish they could visit more often. Wouldn't it be nice if they could stay over. We have the…
Heltsley Family Reunion 2017
A reunion is planned for the weekend of May 12 though 14, 2017. If you're a Heltsley, and can attend, consider yourself invited. If you need a place to stay,…