on the rim

Here we are, another December, and a renewal of a great idea. I will be honest.  I came home from Idaho out of sorts.  I thought about how excited last year I was to act on #LightTheWorld , and I documented all of the acts that I did, from my little corner of the universe.  I had no desire to put forward any effort to repeat this year.  I had recently been given an opportunity to serve the Lord, and His Children, and wasn't even thrilled about that. To say that my mind seems like a mess at times is not an exaggeration.  Of course, that is no surprise to those that know me. If you have ever seen "Forgotten Carols" a musical presentation by Micheal McLean, then this will be familiar to you.  There is a scene, where Uncle John was hanging an ornament on the tree that was a quill pen. He told the story of an angel that had wanted to sing at the announcement of the birth of the Savior, and wasn't allowed to.  The angel spoke of the song of his heart....

A war that was a stalemate in France between the Allies and the Central Powers.  Trenches dug, barbed wire strung, and poison gas.  Horrible weapons developed that were devastating for the old style of war.  It was the Great War.  The War to end all wars.  A war so horrible that people thought that humanity could never again engage in such atrocity. Little did they know. November 11, 1918,  was the day of the Armistice, the cease fire to end what would be known as World War One.  Today, we celebrate it as Veteran's Day.  A day to honor those men and women that have served, or are serving in the armed forces of the United States. But so much war can be attributed to that fateful time. The Treaty to end the war was so oppressive on Germany that its newly installed government, bearing the crushing burden of rebuilding a nation also was crushed by war reparations.  How did they solve it?  They devalued their currency.  Oh, and m...

Today I had done some walking, not enough, but since I had that old familiar gouty feeling in the ball of my foot, I knew that I should be very careful.  So, taking the miracle drug Indomethacin, I had made it through the day.  So, after watching the Bedlam game, I decided that I was at least going to walk a little.  So, shoes on, I headed to the track, thinking that I would also do some bleachers while there. Boring, right?  Well, it is my life.  Homework, walking, and some stuff around the house, as well as choir and church.  So, I did the bleachers, and as I am hitting the curve of the track, I hear the sound of water.  So, over by the old fieldhouse, I see a huge puddle, and more water flowing in.  I called the police, (not 911) and they apparently called the school people.  One of them showed up, and realizing it was a leak, turned the lights on, to see where it was.  He found the leak, and realizing it was underneath concrete, ha...