is it refreshing to clean house?

Terror.   That feeling you get when your wife and her best friend are over at your house and talking … More

the interview

When I was a child I wanted to become an astronaut;  so did most boys my age at that time. … More

volunteered, or “volun-told”?

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.. – … More

Prayer and the Kaizen* of dog-walking

For some folks, picturing yourself on a lonely Hawaiian beach is the best remedy for the stress of working very … More

Special time

I love this picture, taken when the family was at the park two winters ago, when we were gathered to … More

Believing is seeing

When I haven’t written in this blog for a few days, the compulsion to write overcomes the stupor and laziness … More

Talking fertilizer

It’s the “coolest” day of the first heat wave of summer in San Diego.  87 F at my home this … More

Tools and their uses — Truths, Half-truths, and Sea Stories

5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and … More

Sons shine in “June gloom”

9 And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ I tell you that out … More