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Love

This makes me weepy every time I read it.

Bono

What a most wonderful interview! https://www.npr.org/2022/10/27/1131678023/bono-memoir-book-surrender-faith-u2 https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1131678023/1131825924

Autumn

Given the lack of rain over the last weeks, this is about as colorful as my block is going to be this year. And from the office this week:

paideia

I saw this word on a colleague’s email signature line. And I didn’t remember the word. But I love the ideas behind the word! https://classicalchristian.org/what-is-paideia/

Diabetes

Nearly five months on now, I had some time last week to visit with my primary care physician. He was pleased with the weight loss, and told me he wishes all of his patients would take this disease as seriously as I am. I had, of course, been keeping records, and provided him a two-month

People with guns

Let me say from the outset: I am a bleeding heart liberal, most of the time. And people with guns kill people. End of argument. There is no way a teacher nearing retirement would be gone today if she had not stepped in the line of fire yesterday to shield her students. There is no

MEH

I’m not feeling well today.

Weather forecast

With all the wind in the last two days, I looked up the National Weather Service forecast yesterday. Bless their hearts. Here’s what I found: …There is a Slight Risk of severe thunderstorms over parts of the Middle Missouri Valley … On Sunday, a deep area of low pressure over the Northern/Central Plains moves northeastward

NATS conference

I am away this weekend for the Central Region conference of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. I happen to be governor of this region. The drive Thursday across and then north in Illinois was peaceful and without incident. The view looked like this most of the way: Once at Olivet Nazarene University on