tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39562825597504871682024-03-05T09:08:31.225-06:00Life From The PorchI served as caregiver for my parents from Nov 1998 until Sep 21 2007. Dad had Alzheimer's and he and I frequently sat on the porch of his home. I am making my own porch now.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.comBlogger417125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-5980081096976157972008-11-20T05:00:00.007-06:002009-03-27T22:14:04.629-05:00The Porch Is ClosedUPDATE - My New Blog: lifeaftertheporch-----------------------------------------------------The End.My final post to this blog.I began posting to this blog on Monday, July 9, 2007. This is my 417th post according to Blogger.According to Sitemeter there have been more than 31,000 visitor sessions. That's rather amazing in itself.Today is the 10th anniversary of the day that I traveled from my Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-55050044533015269192008-11-19T05:00:00.003-06:002008-11-19T05:00:01.869-06:00Entrance To Our Housing AdditionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-79666396878431934852008-11-18T05:00:00.004-06:002008-11-18T05:00:02.121-06:00Renew Your MindReading Pastor Stan's book made me think about the Biblical admonitions to renew my mind. Among others this verse is well known:And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.Romans 12:2 (NASB)Immediately I found myself drawn to the latter part of the verse. I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-52291179806998781062008-11-17T05:00:00.004-06:002008-11-17T14:34:05.212-06:00I've Been Reading Again 4ReThink Your Life: A Unique Diet to Renew Your Mind (Total Quality Life)by Stan TolerPastor Stan was my parents' pastor for many years. He was also ordained first in the same denomination that ordained my maternal grandfather. That denomination eventually merged into the Nazarene church.Pastor Stan brought me, my brother, and my son an autographed copy of his latest book the other day and I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-69381358502787989942008-11-16T05:00:00.001-06:002008-11-16T05:39:43.640-06:00InvocationI was asked to deliver the invocation at a City of Moore Chamber of Commerce event last Friday evening.When we moved to Moore in 1951 it was a very small town. I don't really know how many people lived there. I think I remember being told there were about 1,100 people in 1951. In 1960 the population must have been around 6,000 because there was a slogan that was something like "6,000 in 60" I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-70813577547807493602008-11-15T05:00:00.000-06:002008-11-15T05:00:54.183-06:00View From the PorchThis is the new Chick-Fil-A as seen from the porch.When I first came to live with mom and dad in 1998 we could sit on this porch and look out these same windows and see a pond with trees surrounding it and extending both directions as far as we could see.When I was a child there was this huge Cottonwood tree about where the Chick-Fil-A is being built. Then the creek area was thick with trees andAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-34613515608027667822008-11-14T05:00:00.003-06:002008-11-14T05:00:01.241-06:00In Memory of Stef's NonnaIn Memory of Stef's Nonna, Angela Razzano Capassoand in appreciation ofStef's loyalty, love, and careand Stef's blogwhere she taught me about The Lion King.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-75502194443721389252008-11-13T05:00:00.001-06:002008-11-13T05:00:01.534-06:00Through A Glass DarklyThat's the well known phrase associated with 1 Corinthians 13:12 in the King James Version:For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.But I've been reading The Message which has the same verse:We don't yet see things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-84366300952758229632008-11-12T05:00:00.000-06:002008-11-12T05:00:01.711-06:00Gift From A FriendAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-23652024033226264132008-11-11T05:00:00.007-06:002008-11-11T05:32:21.709-06:00First LibraryThis photo was in McAllister's Deli in Moore. I saw it the other day when I was in there getting a sandwich. So I took this image with my phone. It is behind glass. That's why you can see the reflections of people in the glass on top of the photo. I am one of those figures.Our first library was a bookmobile that came around about once a month I think. I happen to know that bookmobile began Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-72320951402564248042008-11-10T05:00:00.002-06:002008-11-10T05:00:02.737-06:00Pouring the Concrete DrivewayUnder our contract with Chick-Fil-A we are obligated to provide a shared driveway between the site and the old house. So Friday the 7th the crew framed the perimeter and laid the steel reinforcing bar and then began pouring about 400 cubic yards of concrete really early on Saturday morning.Really early as in 5:00 a.m. early. Which is not actually that early for me. Since it was our driveway myAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-78500349092084782252008-11-09T05:00:00.002-06:002008-11-09T05:00:00.686-06:00The Resurgence Greek ProjectI found a really great web site called The Resurgence Greek Project.The URL is http://www.zhubert.com/Zack Hubert is the author and web master of the site. He's another Physics guy apparently. It seems we are everywhere.This site represents an amazing amount of work but it is wonderfully useful and helpful if you have any interest in Biblical Greek.I studied Biblical Greek once along with a Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-41705442672453973462008-11-08T05:00:00.000-06:002008-11-08T05:00:00.420-06:00CNN's 3D simulacrumSimulacrumCNN called it a hologram but it is not a true hologram.The reporter was in Chicago and surrounded by 35 cameras. But the CNN viewer saw what appeared to be a live person standing in the studio with Wolf Blitzer.There is an interesting article at: http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1980The article has an embedded Youtube video. I did not see this live when Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-58997054892419376322008-11-07T05:00:00.003-06:002008-11-07T05:00:01.652-06:00Hardened HeartThe other day I was visiting with my daughter about our respective Bible studies. She's been working in the Old Testament while I've been in the New. She had been reading about King Saul. She asked about the time that God sent an evil spirit to trouble Saul in 1 Samuel 16:14.My understanding of this is that this "evil spirit" is likely a mood rather than an either an angel or a demon. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-51795277697148393202008-11-06T05:00:00.003-06:002008-11-06T06:30:50.887-06:00Closing The PorchI've been thinking about when to stop posting to this blog.I've decided.Ten years ago this month I drove up to Oklahoma City from my apartment in the Dallas area. It was the Friday before Thanksgiving. That was Friday, November 20, 1998.My mother was experiencing some swelling in her legs. She had an appointment on the following Monday to have an echocardiogram which is pretty much an Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-7069123521009060212008-11-05T05:00:00.000-06:002008-11-05T05:00:01.648-06:00SixAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-3146912853537962822008-11-04T05:00:00.000-06:002008-11-04T05:00:01.842-06:00Reminds Us Of Minnie PearlExcept that the price tag does not read $1.98 for sure.And it is a halter. And he's a horse.He is funny sometimes.Maybe it should not remind me as much of Minnie as it does come to think of it.It has been 12 years since Minnie Pearl's death but I am pretty certain most everyone that reads my blog knows who she is.Minnie Pearl was her stage name of course. Her real name was Sarah Ophelia Colley Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-71312411039338264252008-11-03T06:33:00.003-06:002008-11-03T06:49:14.436-06:00DisappointmentI've been thinking about disappointment lately. Not because I've been disappointed about anything in particular but just that the idea of it has interested me. Partly I suppose because of my Bible reading and partly because of the election that will occur tomorrow.Everyone I suppose has been disappointed at some time or another. It occurs when things do not work out the way we expect. I've Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-18836799706986758472008-11-02T05:00:00.004-06:002008-11-02T06:24:47.514-06:00In Memory of Mary A O'Brien, Betsy's MomIn Memory of Mary A. (Stauber) O’Brien, Betsy's Mom.Betsy was one of my earliest blog friends.Before I started blogging I had been following a couple of Alzheimer's forums. I read a lot and posted a little. But the forums became too upsetting for me. It seemed there were always petty, or not so petty as the case might be, arguments. There were some members who seemed to go out of their way toAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-50884496703188111212008-11-01T05:00:00.000-05:002008-11-01T05:00:01.028-05:00Beginning of the EndFriday, October 31, 2008.Mark began the job of removing the Arkansas Ledge Stone from the house. I took this picture when he removed the first piece.We are salvaging the stone so each piece has to be removed and stacked on a pallet.Later on I hope to incorporate this stone into other walls in other projects. I did not intend this to happen so abruptly or even so quickly. I thought I had more Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-5874557261373747662008-10-31T05:00:00.000-05:002008-10-31T05:00:01.409-05:00The Message Bible by Eugene H. PetersonI started reading through the entire Bible again a few weeks ago.The version I chose to read was The Message: The Bible In Contemporary Language by Eugen H. Peterson.Peterson retired in 1991 from pastoring for 29 years. But then he served at Regent College, Vancouver, BC for the next 15. The Message was published in 2002.This is the first time I've read large sections of Scripture in The Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-9941816865666478042008-10-30T05:00:00.002-05:002008-10-30T10:04:04.465-05:00Me On A HorseI think I must be about 1 or 2 in this photo.It was found during the process of cleaning out the house.So, apparently, I was an early horseman after all.Also, found Dad's old saddle which will come to live in the new house.The old house is a very sad place right now. The men are in there tearing stuff up and making piles of things.We've found uses for a number of things like some of the kitchen Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-72688626874710796602008-10-29T05:00:00.001-05:002008-10-29T05:00:01.265-05:00Spooky Halloween and BearistaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-16164019591460304882008-10-28T05:00:00.007-05:002008-10-28T06:10:55.528-05:00One Week Before Election Day 2008Just one week and we likely will know who will serve us as President of the United States for the next four years.The polls have Senator Obama ahead by several points according to what I read. The news media reports seem overwhelmingly to favor an Obama win from what I hear anyway. Nearly all pundits seem to think it will be an Obama victory.There does appear to be a substantial undecided vote Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3956282559750487168.post-49385435426854841782008-10-27T05:00:00.000-05:002008-10-27T05:00:01.451-05:00Ghouls Gone Wild 2008 ParadeWe had a parade in Oklahoma City on Saturday evening the 25th.It is called Ghouls Gone Wild. There is a web site fittingly called ghoulsgonewildokc.com. This is apparently the 2nd year for the parade which is sponsored by a local newspaper.I found this image on a forum called OKCTALK. If you follow the link you can see more images and read what people said about the parade. This image was Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13343169479240819918noreply@blogger.com2