Minister Of Mocha

Sometimes I find myself sailing along and then there’s no wind. It’s nice when you feel the spray of the ocean and feel the sails pulling you through the waves, but sitting in a dead calm is not so much fun. Back in the days of sailing they had an area of the Atlantic known…

Let me start by saying that I just L-O-V-E  fireworks! I love the noise, I love the flashing light, I love the colors, I love everything about fireworks… Perhaps that’s not quite accurate: I’m not really that fond of the duds. I mean come on man! I paid good money, so do your thing! Hold…

They say that “they will know we are Christians by our love…”  I’m even old enough to remember the old hippie days song that sang that in some peculiar mode. I hear people crying out that our nation was founded on Godly principles by Godly men and it’s all being torn apart by the ever-present…

I am headed out on an adventure today. Most people know it as “The White Road Hike”. Along with my son in law, youngest daughter, and oldest grandson, we will trek across some lava roads, through the jungle, through some aqueducts, and a few tunnels as well. It’s going to be amazing.  My grandson is…

Hello ev-er-y-body! (I feel so Elmo). This morning finds me sitting on my daughter’s lanai with a cup of coffee and my three grandsons watching the sunrise over Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii.  Life could be worse, right?!? If you’ve never visited Hawaii it is quite different from the desert of Ridgecrest. I…

Listening to the radio this morning I discovered that today, June 1, is Say Something Nice Day. Wow! A whole day to say something nice. I suppose that means we are all off the hook for the rest of the year then, right?!? I enjoy these little “Days” to focus on things. Honest, when I…

I’ve been seeing a lot of information lately about “Red Nose Day”. I got curious, because, why wouldn’t you want to investigate a big red nose, right?!? So here’s what I’ve found (and I learned it all on the Giant Information Machine, better known as the interwebs, so it MUST be true!): “Red Nose Day…