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Earlier this week, on June 2nd, I quietly remembered the death of my father 37 years ago. I remember it like it was yesterday. A Friday, Dad died of pneumonia - one of the many complications of multiple myeloma, a…

I heard from one of my cousins earlier today - he sent me an interesting piece on the lunar landing of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin back in 1969. It seems that there was a quiz about the first food…

I read an interesting article recently that spoke to the fact that we go through stages in our lives with varying degrees of interest in maintaining relationships with our parents, especially our mothers. As youngsters, it is difficult to tear us…

The last month or so I have had a number of issues come up that have reminded me of the eventuality, and reality, of growing older. For starters, I have heard of at least two new churches that are starting…

It's the first real spring that we have been in the new place - even though we have now been here a year. Both Janet and I remember the unpacking and the difficulty we had moving in and how we…