November 17, 2025

The Hooty-Hoot Song and a Blog Post . . . Repurposed.

Saturday night, we had the family over for a late celebration of Nathan and Noah’s birthdays.  When it came time to sing Happy Birthday, Steve surprised us by bringing out his guitar and leading in a new version of Happy Birthday, set to the melody of a repurposed song he had written several years ago.…

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November 10, 2025

Closets, Friends, and Seasons

I spent Saturday morning switching out my summer clothes for winter ones. Sounds like an easy task, right?…

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November 3, 2025

Even Better

As I was logging out of my work computer on Friday, I saw that I had worked 90 hours in two weeks.  Adding five hours on the road each week added up to one hundred job-related hours over those ten days of work.…

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October 27, 2025

The Thing Post (October, 2025)

Note: Steve and I visited Jamaica years ago and loved the beautiful land and its people. We are joining you in praying for all the people in the path of Hurricane Melissa, and are also committed to supporting relief work when the hurricane has passed.…

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