It’s hot again. Dog days. Lots of jeremiads in my daily scripture readings, so I thoughtI’d write one of my own. A lovely family visited on Wednesday. I greeted them, answered some questions, and then sent them off with Mark for a tour of the Ranch. Their daughter was politely disinterested until Mark and the…
Still the greatest generation
Survivors of SLCU #38: Allen Bashore, South Carolina; Roy W. Kruft, Waller, TX; Morris Parkel, Arkansas; and Dud Morris, Elgin, TX Once was a time many Americans would have known what a “standard landing craft” was. WWII Standard Landing Craft It was the time when the daddies and big brothers and uncles went away, leaving…
Of robots, friends, loneliness and Facebook
“Hi, Honey, I’m home!” We’re lonely. One guest on the Catholic station Relevant Radio was decrying the fact that for the first time ever, fewer than 50% of the households are headed by married couples. Depending on the ethnic and socio-economic group in question, from 40-80% of all live births are to single women. Among those…
Feeling thankful for the US on the 4th of July
Yes, I know we have a day set aside in November for this, but then I’m thinking mostly about the turkey and pie. Today I’m thinking about the privilege of having been born in this country. I remember being a kid of about ten and learning about WWII and Japanese and German concentration camps, of…