For those of you really good at math, 34 years ago today, was 1978. Noah Timothy Garrison was born that day. Happy birthday Noah. You were born in our family home along the shore of Iron Lake just a few miles south of Iron River, Wisconsin. Yep, you actually were born at home. Your mother,Continue reading “1978”
Category Archives: reflections
Ahhhhhhh . . .Thursday
We are about to head off for a longish run in the Sarasota sun – over to Siesta and up Midnight Pass a bit and then on home again. It is 82 and climbing. Thursday of next week we have scheduled a walking history tour of Dublin with our guide, Grace O’Keefe, at 10:00 am.Continue reading “Ahhhhhhh . . .Thursday”
Do you see what I see?
A few nights ago, it may have been the day the current shifted and began taking the seaweed away from Siesta’s Crescent Beach rather than bringing it in, anyway we saw these formations of shape and color in the western sky. I wonder what you see here. I wonder how you would describe what youContinue reading “Do you see what I see?”
“I’m doing finely”
You have read about Tad and Vicky who sent us the delightful booklet about their home and the community around where we will be staying. They recommended a book “Twenty Years A-Growing” by Maurice O’Sullivan. I love books. I was intrigued by what they said about it. So, you guessed it, I ordered it fromContinue reading ““I’m doing finely””
adventures of the yellow hat
Hey Jarrow . . . here is the first yellow hat adventure of the sabbatical with Patricia and Phil . . . take note. Thank you Katie. With a bit of Phil’s homemade cornmeal crust and Patricia’s roasted walnuts, this pear gorgonzola pizza is sooooooo good!
gotta love the New Yorker cartoons
So, this morning I sat at the breakfast table and wrote the blog about aging and how we were going to go to the National Museum of Ireland a learn about life 6000 years ago. One of today’s cartoons for the New Yorker was this one: And . . . probably you should know ifContinue reading “gotta love the New Yorker cartoons”
aging
In a book by Rowan Williams, published in 2002, are these words of Epilogue. Lastly, another picture from the Gospel of John evoked for me by all of this, from the stray story of Jesus and the woman taken in adultery which is preserved rather improbably, in John 8. When the accusation is made, Jesus atContinue reading “aging”
suitcases out
Today I actually began to pack. We have been asked many times “are you packed yet?” The answer was we were gathering things and putting things aside. I put stuff in a pile and later take it out. but today we actually took out suitcases measured to see if they would qualify as carry-on. OrContinue reading “suitcases out”
greatness
an olympic commercial: “We’re all capable of greatness. All of us.” I agree.
technology used for life
Jeff, our remarkable son-in-law . . . doesn’t stand the way many of us do . . . but he is fully in our lives. thank you Jeff!
wells-of-wellness 