Thursday, July 23, 2015

Musing of one thinking about the elderly man who developed a familial tremor and finally trained the offending forfinger to tap out jingle bells on the table top.

Back in the days when Mary Kay and I were going together it was considered a disgrace for an unmarried couple to spend the night together, but we did.  At the time Mary Kay's father was in the hospital and we had been going out so much that we were pretty well exhausted, so one night when I went out to see her we decided to stay right there and talk. There was an englenook at one end of the living room and I sat down and leaned against the end panel. She sat down next to me and I put an arm around her and we just talked. We both dozed off and awhile later I woke up and started to fish around for my watch which was in my pocket. I tried to get it out without disturbing Mary Kay who was sleeping peacefully on my shoulder . I finally got it out and the hour hand pointed to five.  I nudged her and whispered "Hey wake up! It is 5am". She woke up with a start and said, "Oh good Lord!." We tiptoed to the front door and opened it and without making any noise. I got in my car and coasted down the street. After about a block I started the engine and drove home. So far as  we were aware no one knew of the episode and we never mentioned it. So I guess we got away with it!

Musing of one thinking about the elderly man who took his deluxe walker and went for a walk only to stray into the street and be ticketed by a police officer for driving at an unsafe speed.

I am happy to welcome to my humble abode Luke and Sandy Anker and three of their children, Ben, Ellen and Lydia.  Their presence provides a great lift to the activities here. Since their arrival the household has run much more smoothly. I suspect we will be providing an increase in population at church on Sunday.

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Musing of one thinking about the super salesman who telephoned a company in Moscow, was accidentally connected to Vladimir Putin and sold him outer Mongolia.

From the stand point of 97 years of age, I look back and see how history repeats itself. Particularly with regard to military build up and cuts.  It is also true in political operations, many of which have a title, such as "New Deal", "Fair Deal", "Great Society" and so forth. I don't know what they will come up with next but it will probably be a repetition of something.