Category: Life Happens
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Getting Old Is Getting Old!
I’m like an old computer. My hardware breaks down and my programs run slower than they used to. They crash, and often, there are no backup or restore disks to fix the problem. The truth is, getting old is really getting old!
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Smelling Like A Cowboy
However, my mother saw or smelled me coming, I don’t know which. She met me at the door, blocking my way into her house. No, I was not coming into her house the way I was! Instead, she made me go stand in the yard. She got the garden hose and sprayed cold water on…
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The Perils Of Procrastination
We took the pickup. It had plenty of room for my long legs. I liked that! I believed it was in good mechanical condition but forgot about the possibility that the tires were sun-rotted beyond safe. I forgot until we were three hours into our trip, cruising through Georgia at 70 miles an hour on an inside…
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RISK, More Than A Game
The arrow that I hold in my hand in the picture is one of the arrows that was pulled from Dave’s body. In redecorating the lobby of our old building, or in our move to the tower location, this artifact was thrown out. My co-worker rescued it before it hit the dumpster, and now it…
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Flat Hats, Haggis And Robert Burns
I am a man of many hats! So many, in fact, that my wife, Jackie, thinks I should get rid of some! I have a cowboy hat that I wear on special occasions or when I get to go home to Montana. I have a straw hat, good for the beach. The rest of my…
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What Is Truth?
November 5, 2022 I had great plans for today. I was going to install cabinets. It wasn’t a big job, just three uppers and two floor to ceiling pantries. Now, it won’t happen, not this week! Instead, I sit in my recliner remembering better days when filling my lungs with air didn’t hurt or make…
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Rotten To The Core
I sat in the rubble, making sure that I was sitting over one of the rafters that supported the plywood. I knew those were still of sound mind and body! Probably more so than myself! I found it depressing, looking down at the crumbling mess my neglect had created and thinking of all the work…
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Cowboy Up!
A rodeo is not a typical race, but competition is fierce between the cowboys and cowgirls. Most events are a race against the clock. The participant with the shortest time of roping or bulldogging and, for the women, barrel racing, is declared the winner. In other events, like bronc or bull riding, the goal is…
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Bloom Where You Are
At times it seems as if my whole future is up in the air, and I am left hanging. I think, “If my feet don’t touch the ground, I can’t take root.” That is when it is discouraging, but that is when I need to remember that it is God who holds the other end…
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My Angel Smoked A Cigarette
The car, deprived of the heater, became a freezer. We made sure the children were bundled up against the cold. Then we prayed that God would send help or guide me to where I could buy some gas. I asked the children to pray. Their faith was bigger than mine! I knew God wanted me…
Writings By Phil 