Francisco Grande Resort

Years ago in Kauai, on the bridge at Hanapepe.

Built in the 60s for baseball practice for the Giants and the Angels, they left in the early 70s and the resort has been marketed and upgraded as a sort of cheap golf resort with a seven story tower and 100 rooms. It is outside of the city of Casa Grande which is 30 miles south on the way to Tucson. Quite a winter visitor town as well.

We played there Thursday and it was windy and fun. Having fun with my friend Marvin from out of town.

Friday was a day to get my broken smart phone fixed, try to get my laptops fixed, and enjoy a quite dinner out with Laura.

Short Term Memory Fail

After two weeks without regularly scheduled meetings, I have had two colossal memory fails. It is frankly disturbing that the inner reminder bell in my mind has not functioned.

I mean, two places I knew I was supposed to be, places I was expected, just completely left my mind, and the realization that I had forgotten them did not even enter my conscious brain unto hours later when the remorse and shock and guilt set in.

Going to have to share my schedule with staff, program my phone more faithfully, and have my to do list clearly in sight. This cannot continue.

Years ago with my wife in Kauai...sweet memory.

Laptops in the shop

I popped a key off my old laptop keyboard by dropping something on it yesterday. I took my main laptop as well to try to repair a damaged but working enter key.

Back in the swing of my normal schedule this week. Bible studies are interesting beasts in times like these with so much theological confusion and political dissatisfaction.

The book of Revelation is painful for me to read because of the craziness with with it has been interpreted, but we are going to take a scholar's look at reading it this semester in our adult study with the help of Great Courses.

Back working hard at healthy eating and some more weight loss.

Blessings

An extra day of vacation

A Golfsmith in Times Square, very cool.


My very special golfing buddy Marvin is in town so we spent a day catching up on is recent long trip across the country and enjoyed a round of golf.

Hanging around with 90 year old friends

It's a new year, time to get living.

How many folks can make such a claim, that they have a goodly number of friends in there 90s? Retired people with retired children? I heard a son share him life memories with his mother about all the dinners, and sports activities, and church functions, and vacations they had shared and the sweet women I knew whose life was lived in one room of a care center took on a longer and more fulfilling view.

Daily our life seems routine, but looking back, really had a wonderful life. Now would'nt that make for a great movie?

The Flatiron Building

Circa winter 1903, summer 2014

For some reason the Madison Square Park area and the Flatiron Building completely won my heart last summer vacation. It was all so pleasant to see this building and its history amidst the relaxed joy of an active park full of dogs and people enjoying the perfect summer weather.

My Genea Year

Genea is the greek word for generation, which in bible thinking is the 40 years when you are in the prime of life.

I was 24 when I married Laura. 24 years of moving, growing, learning, preparing, and launching into adult life. In a few weeks Laura and I will mark four decades of life together.

I plan to spend my personal blog time celebrating the joyous fact that I did not go that way alone, but with my friend, who is as familiar as ever, and as mysterious as ever. The one I know and don't know in the mystery of marriage. We are different and we are one. It's very cool to celebrate.

I do not hold my marriage to be the greatest or the worst example of a good marriage, just to proclaim from the rooftops that it has been a good journey together as we continued to make contributions to those places and people we shared, and the common life of our times.

So, Happy New Year to all.