Minister Of Mocha

My grandson recently discovered Snap Chat. He’s 5. They have crazy effects. That should tell you most of what you need to know! He loves to make funny faces and send them to Papa, because “Papa is funny”. It’s good to have a “thing” and with Luc, my “thing” is being funny. Now he wants…

I did something new yesterday: I made some barbecue sauce for the first time. My friend Dan makes his own sauce and on our last night at his house he wanted to have me make some of my own. It sounded like fun, so I was all in. Dan had me start with his base…

This morning has me thinking about the time it takes for change to happen. In my own recovery it took years to get me to where I am. That being said, I also need to add that I most certainly have not arrived as yet! As I read the morning headlines I see a mountain…

I’ve felt this way for years, but this week has really reenforced it: family does not need DNA. Let me explain. We are still traveling and in the past 3 days we’ve been with three different parts of our family. We spent a few days in Utah with our youngest daughter and her family. It…

You can file this under best laid plans of mice and men… On our trip across this beautiful land yesterday we encountered some snags. Go figure! We had taken a side trip to visit “Carhenge” (read more about it here) which was awesome. We then proceeded to drive through the Nebraska and Wyoming night toward…

Back in the 80’s there was a schmaltzy love song called Islands in the Stream. It was a duet by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. At the time of it’s release I was an avowed Ozzy Osbourne fan, so these two country icons were not going to be in my playlist. Today I am more…

No, I’m not going to go political here, it’s something different than that. I’m about to get to work on a project for my father in law. He has a log home in the country outside of Nashville. After they build a log home, you need to wash, then bleach the logs (and the boards…

Sometimes it’s nice to lay in bed while I let the night wash away from my memory and let the morning soak in. I stretch. I roll over several times. I yawn. I blink. I’m guessing you’ve been there too. The stay at home orders that we are under have made this one of my…

Far be it from your MoM to pass up a branding opportunity like Easter. I mean, come on, I end each week with “Rise Up” and yesterday was the day that we celebrate the fact the Jesus did just that. So how do we keep that in mind with the way that the virus has…