Musings at Altitude

Denise and I both shed some tears yesterday. It was right after my early morning scripture and prayer time, and I sought out the story of Audrey Caroline.  I’d been following her Mom’s blog for the last few weeks and yet I didn’t know what had happened to create such words and such songs, and […]

I have a problem…some would say a big problem. I’m an impulsive person…very impulsive. I make decisions on impulse. I take actions on impulse. I buy on impulse. Sometimes I regret the decisions made, actions taken, or things bought. Sometimes I can unwind, rescind, or return them, respectively. Sometimes I have to live with them, or […]

I spent 6 hours on the golf course yesterday!  I’d tell you I “golfed”, but that would be lying.  What I did would not be considered golf by most people, although I did swing the club a lot.  In fact, I lost 10 balls in those 6 hours, and thankfully, since it was a best […]

…when you have a second set of toiletries that stays in bags just for your travels …when you have two different bags to choose from that look exactly alike, and you pick the one that has the least travel damage to take on this particular trip …when you put a thousand miles on the car […]

I was standing on my porch this morning, taking in the wonderful coolness of the morning air, and I looked over at my almost 220,000 mile car and smiled…it still looks good…even after those miles and all those years! Then I walked down around the car to get to the garage to turn on the […]

We woke up to a beautifully cool morning…eastern clouds blocking the recently scorching sun that has blistered the grass into numerous shades of burnt green…western mountains reaching high and still capturing the sun and making for that purple mountains majesty that reminds me every morning of how spectacular this place really is…a family of 5 […]

Last night I slept! From the time I laid down till 5:00 in the morning or so when I heard our granddaughter crying on the monitor. And then I slept some more, till about 7:30 when I finally got up and got showered! I almost forgot how good it feels to rest. And I really […]

It started a lot earlier tonight, and from the moment I laid down, I realized that rest was not soon to come.  Rather than fight it, I immediately got up and went into the office.  In this time that I’ve been up, I’ve been able to think through the things I need to get done […]

Our granddaughter turned one yesterday, and we were blessed to have her with us (from Beaumont, TX) as well as our four month old grandson! We took that rare opportunity to get a picture of the grandparents with the two grandchildren! This is a keeper!

Over the last couple of decades, I’ve tried what seems like every daily planning tool that’s come out – the Daytimer’s, the daily and weekly calendars, the various workflow manager type tools, and none of them have worked for me.  I use them for a few days, typically not much more, and then I chuck that idea and […]