Category: life update

Looking Up

On the busiest weekend that I’ve had in many months, I share with you one of my favorite doggie devotionals, especially when accompanied by the photo. Only by looking up will I be able to make it through the next few days with calm and grace. May the same be true for you as well. […]

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Faith With an Unexpected Habit

There’s a small group of Parkview residents who are smokers. They respectively enjoy their habit in their own subcommunity on the outside fringes of the apartment campus, about ten feet from where I park my car. So, I see them frequently; but I do not speak to them. Except for “Hello” or “good morning” there […]

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A Discovery and A Memory

Hankering for the cuisine and atmosphere of Higgins, and not wanting to go alone, Judy invited Gayle and me to be her guests last Friday evening. We arrived early for our 7:30 reservation and were seated at a table on the mid-level. The restaurant is laid out on three levels. The plain interior included brown […]

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To Go On

We have all experienced the moment when someone looks seriously at you and says, ”Have you heard the news?” Regardless of what the news may be, you know—it’s not good. I had that moment a couple days ago. The sad, sobering news? The last two remaining members of the management team here at Parkview Apartments […]

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Take a Look

During this past week, Katie, my daughter, and I took a critical look at the first proofs of Doggie Devotionals. We read the text before we looked at the cover proof. When I saw it, I was quite ecstatic. I had no preconceived ideas of what the cover would be. So, the sight of the […]

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The Sammy Shirt

I love the tapestry of life that the Good Lord has made of my life with thousands of students and friends. Case in point, Suzanne, who participated in the Vancouver Christian Writers’ Group for several years, is a realtor associated with Columbia River Reality. As a community outreach, it sponsors an annual author event. At […]

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Letting Him Take Care

Another really busy week keeps from fresh writing; however, it gives me another opportunity to share a doggie devotional Taking Care of You Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. —1 Peter 5:7 Sammy has a runny eye. The doctor has examined it twice and prescribed eye drops. Still, the left […]

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Recommended

I appreciate the kind responses to my post of last week. To update, I’m pleased to report that Sammy’s week has been filled with good days. I shall be marking my calendar daily with a code that indicates his good days, fair days, and bad days. At his last Hannah Pet Hospital visit, the doctor […]

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A Time to Begin and a Time to End

This watercolor portrait of Sammy is a labor of love by Janis Christian. She is an artist in residence here at Parkview Apartments, and she did it after my return to America. It will appear on the cover of Doggie Devotionals. As of last Wednesday, this small book of 20 meditations is in the actual […]

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And Now . . . the “Baby”

The title of last week’s post was “Blog, Book, and Baby.” Two astute readers wondered, “Where’s the baby?” It is the second half of a name. BookBaby is the self-publishing company founded in 2011 that I am using to publish Doggie Devotionals. Its roots reach back to the 1940’s when its name was Disc Makers, […]

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