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He Always Wants Me to Rub His Bare Back, After I Tell Him a Story, or Something that Jesus Did or He Reads Me the Story He Wrote While Listening to Me – Always Wanting Just Two More Minutes of His Back Rub.
He always wants me to rub his bare back, after I tell him a story, or something that Jesus did or he reads me the story he wrote while listening to me - always wanting just two more minutes of his back rub. Introduction The story shown above as the featured photo, transcribed right below, was...
When I Open the Kitchen Curtains, I So Enjoy Watching the Golden Sunlight Play upon the Hills – Sunday, April 26, 2026
When I Open the Kitchen Curtains, I So Enjoy Watching the Golden Sunlight Play upon the Hills - Sunday, April 26, 2026 *** In the morning, but especially on Sunday, when I open the kitchen curtains, I so enjoy watching the golden sunlight play upon and bathe the hills to the north of us in a...
An Art Musing – A Thanksgiving Portrait of a Grandson in Yellow
An Art Musing - A Thanksgiving Portrait of a Grandson in Yellow *** This photo I cherish, taken more than a decade ago, was a quick snapshot of one of my young grandsons I just happened to glance at as I was taking photos of the rest of the room crowded with family for Thanksgiving. For there, in...
After a while, My Eyes Turned Back to the Driver, Perhaps to Ask Something, but I Stopped from Speaking Because the Driver was Gently Wiping a Tear from Her Eye – A Gesture Tender and Meaningful, Dimming all Prior Images and Thoughts of Her into this One Gesture
*** After a while, My Eyes Turned Back to the Driver, Perhaps to Ask Something, but I Stopped from Speaking Because the Driver was Gently Wiping a Tear from Her Eye – A Gesture Tender and Meaningful, Dimming all Prior Images and Thoughts of Her into this One Gesture *** In Jersey City, on that...
Christmas Ornaments Upon the Tree & Their Roots and Reflections Within Us
Christmas Ornaments Upon the Tree & Their Roots and Reflections Within Us In November 2021, I posted about the first Christmas after our daughter and family moved from Los Angeles, about four years earlier. (See RESOURCE SECTION at end of post.) When they moved - unfortunate and sad for us,...
Ronald J. Baker – February 19, 1947 – April 25, 2025 – A Close & Cherished Friend, a Soulmate, Who I Miss Very Much
Ronald J. Baker - February 19, 1947 - April 25, 2025 - A Close & Cherished Friend, a Soulmate, Who I Miss Very Much *** Foreword In 2017, Ron's wife, Laurie, was planning a big shindig for Ron's 70th birthday. It was going to be on February 1, and I was not going to be able to attend, as I had...
In the Home Depot Parking Lot, a Young Man with His Phone in His Hands, Watched Something in the Sky Moving Above Him and He Took Pictures. I Looked Up. The Late Afternoon Sky Was Alive with Flocks of Birds. He Said He Loved Watching Birds.
In the Home Depot Parking Lot, a Young Man with His Phone in His Hands, Watched Something in the Sky Moving Above Him and He Took Pictures. I Looked Up. The Late Afternoon Sky Was Alive with Flocks of Birds. He Said He Loved Watching Birds. *** The refrigerator/ freezer in our garage stopped...
Maxim: It was right at the time when you wrote a letter about Nazism, the burning of books, and after books, the burning of people. We were in Berlin at Humboldt University Square and saw a small memorial about this historical event. It was very helpful to think about it again. – Максим: Саме в той час, коли Ви написали листа про нацизм, спалювання книжок і після книжок, спалювання людей. Ми були в Берліні на площі універсітета Гумбальда і бачили невеличкий меморіал про цю історичну подію. Це було дуже корисно, знову думати про це.
Featured Photo: On the night of 20-21 August, Russia launched a missile strike on Mukachevo. The missiles hit a civilian business, the America Flex plant. It was reported that 19 people had been injured in the attack. Головне фото: У ніч з 20 на 21 серпня Росія здійснила ракетний удар...