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What I’ve learned so far
My young friend Jonathan started kindergarten this year. He was so excited; he wore his new backpack around the house, with his new lunch box and school supplies inside, for days and days. And he wore his new school shoes, which he wasn’t allowed to wear outside the house but could wear inside, even with […]
I spent Saturday morning driving up Highway 101 from Ventura, to see the ocean, and to see this part of California. It was a nice winding highway drive, very relaxing, and beautiful … much browner than I expected. I drove for two hours, stopping for for lunch in San Luis Obispo; I didn’t want my […]
Cyndi and I checked in for our flight at one of those Southwest Airlines E-Ticket Check-In kiosks; we’d already printed our boarding passes at home and simply needed to check our luggage.
In my opinion, Southwest Airlines figured out the new computer world before anyone else. They taught us how to book our own flights, and […]
I believe in the value of practice. I believe that practice makes perfect, even if it takes a long time. I believe there are very few things I am good at, personally, that didn’t come by way of practice – rote repetition.
I also believe the big question about practice is not about effectiveness, but motivation. […]
Sunday morning, I told my adult Bible study class this story from our recent family reunion vacation to Northern New Mexico.
We drove into Camp Oro Quay, east of Albuquerque, late Friday night, only to discover one missing suitcase. I’d left Cyndi’s suitcase in Angel Fire earlier that morning.
Cyndi was pretty upset about it, but I […]