Turtle collage I did a few years ago The turtle totem wisdom teaches us about walking our path in peace and sticking to it with determination and serenity. Slow moving on earth, yet also incredibly fast and agile in water, those who have the turtle as totem or spirit animal may be encouraged to take…
Getting Fit — 28+ Mile Bike Ride on 5/30/23
I rode with the same lady I went riding 9 miles with last week. We met up at a bike-friendly church (parking, bike repair kit, welcome to bikers signs, use our bathrooms) on the bike path and headed north on the Fred Meijer Berry Junction Trail. My new friend has an e-assist bike, so I…
#FF — He’s Back!
He’s back, just like he said he would be! It took but minutes to ripple through the digital ether to inform the human population. The website posted his tour schedule, where the faithful were expected to gather to join him, where they would rise to The Promised Land. In city after city, The Faithful climbed…
Yellowstone’s Rip — be my man
Cole Hauser as Rip on the TV series, Yellowstone I’ve been binging Yellowstone S5 Pt. 1 this weekend. It’s a new release from the library so can only borrow it for a week (close to 2 dozen people are waiting for it) which means I gotta do it. Don’t feel sorry for me though, because…
Not a Fortunate Son (repost from 4/22/19)
image link My Uncle Lonny served in VietNam and was injured when a plane accidentally sprayed napalm on friendly troops. One half of his body had the skin peeled off and his lungs were seared. Uncle Sam stuck him in the Veteran’s hospital when he got back to the States, located at Fort Grand…
RWG 11 — For my uncle, shot down over the North Sea in WWII
North Sea When you heard whistles, yells, and felt the shells pierce the wings and hull, what did you wonder as parachute’s grace rocked you towards inevitable clash with Northern Sea’s finishing freeze splash? Did you embrace chivalrous? Macho? Scared? Maybe yours were no confident, steeled, screaming lips. Maybe relief gave your imminent non-being a…
Doodads — Dotty closeup and walk around the yard 052823
The first pic is Dotty, where she likes to sit on the armrest pullout of my retro desk as I’m at the keyboard. Notice her new pink bow, which is part of a t-shirt I cut the neck and arms out of. The rest of the pics show how things are growing. The prickly pear…
Tao Talk 