This is a difficult post for me to write. Mainly because I was not the hero of this story, I was the villain. Yet each story has a lesson, and I’m trying to pin down what the particular lesson is in this story. The story begins in the picturesque setting of Gatlinburg, TN, on aContinue reading “Temper, Temper”
Tag Archives: Crohn's Disease
PELE-GODDESS OF CREATION AND DESTRUCTION 5-20-24
Monday was a great day. One of the main things I wanted to do while in Hawai’i was visit Volcano National Park. This is located on the Big Island, Hawai’i. Robin and I set up a guided tour with Aloha Sunshine Tours. The package we got paid for the flight from Oahu to Kona InternationalContinue reading “PELE-GODDESS OF CREATION AND DESTRUCTION 5-20-24”
MEDITATIONS-SOLITUDE 1/30/24
I have been in Charlotte, North Carolina for three weeks. I’ll be here for three more before I can go home. That’s a lot of solitude. It’s not been so bad. When I was younger, I hated to be alone. I would rather chew my arm off rather than be alone for an extended period of time. It ledContinue reading “MEDITATIONS-SOLITUDE 1/30/24”
MEDITATIONS 1/21/24-FAMILY
I’m in Charlotte, North Carolina, where I’ve been for two weeks. I’ve been assessing schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools district, and I have a couple of weeks to go. I had a Skyrizi injection for my Crohn’s Disease on Thursday, and yesterday I had a day of very low energy and cold-like symptoms. Nothing like feeling like crapContinue reading “MEDITATIONS 1/21/24-FAMILY”
MEDITATIONS-THEY KILLED BABIES
Unfortunately, I’ll be going dark with this one, right after I own up to a major error. First, this is about the horrors of October 7. Hamas, a terrorist group that runs Gaza City, a Palestinian city on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, launched a complex attack on several towns around the borders toContinue reading “MEDITATIONS-THEY KILLED BABIES”
MEDITATIONS-9/5/2023
My Labor Day weekend was rather relaxed. This is adult-speak for “I didn’t do anything productive.” Part of that was due to some type of issue I had on Saturday. I had received numerous mosquito bites on both knees, my left elbow, and my hands, as well as assorted bites elsewhere. The area of multipleContinue reading “MEDITATIONS-9/5/2023”
WEDDED BLISS
Saturday, June 24, 2023, my wife and I will celebrate 34 years of wedded bliss. What does wedded bliss mean? I get the ‘wedded’ part, I even get the ‘bliss’ part, but when put together, the meaning gets a little fuzzy. Was it bliss when I felt like I was going to throw up gettingContinue reading “WEDDED BLISS”
WHY SO SERIOUS?
My last couple of posts have been kinda serious. These are serious times, but that doesn’t mean I have to always be serious. Besides, it’s not in my nature. I have been known to crack jokes at funerals. Something I learned from my Paw, I guess. He loved to crack jokes. Up until the dayContinue reading “WHY SO SERIOUS?”
Hooligans and High Tea
April 13 was the reason for our trip here, to see Manchester United play in Old Trafford, the Mecca of soccer. Robin and I flew into London on Wednesday and checked into our room at the Hilton London Olympiad. Thursday morning we took a cab to London Heathrow Airport, and went through their version ofContinue reading “Hooligans and High Tea”
Blwyddyn Newydd, Fi Newydd! (New Year, New Me!)
I sit here in my living room, watching a good football game, thinking about 2023. 2022 was not bad. I’ve had better years. 1981, the year I enlisted. 1982, the year I started college. 1987, the year I graduated. 1989, the Year I got married. 1990, the year I had my first child, Jessica. 1995,Continue reading “Blwyddyn Newydd, Fi Newydd! (New Year, New Me!)”
Meditations of a Bald, Fat Guy 