I have spent the last several days attending a religious conference in the North end of Phoenix... Joyce Meyer is an evangelist from St Louis, and I relate to her Midwest manner of teachings... They have been coming here for a number of years, but this is the first time I have attended..
It is 45 miles from the house here in the East end of Mesa to the North end of Phoenix.. With the parking lot reminding me of the arrival and departure from a football game, it took about two hours to make the 45 miles, causing me to arrive home after 11 PM...
I made this trip three times, but gave up on the fourth time, as I was worn out.. The conference was crowded to beyond overflowing with many overflow rooms connected to the main sanctuary by large video screens... It was an amazing experience..
On other days it has been amazingly warm here, and I have been riding the motorcycle almost daily to various destinations... Usually a restaurant or a distant Wal Mart.. One day it was in the upper 80s, or perhaps 90... This was the first time this year that I actually felt hot...
I contrasted this to my family that was suffering below freezing back in Kansas and Iowa.. I didn't have the heart to write much about our good fortune in weather and that I was enjoying it...
Late in the week, my friend Bob Evans in Des Moines passed away to his maker... Bob went with us year after year to the Dayton Hamvention.. He was more senior in years than some of the rest of us, and eventually had to stay home several years ago to take care of his handicapped wife.. We all understood, but missed his presence...
He was a Navy man serving on a destroyer in WWII.. When ever we would get ready to drive away for Dayton, he would proclaim "Cut er Loose"...!
So Bob is now with his maker, and with this departing from our world..... I wish Bob to "Cut er Loose!" in his new journey in the afterlife...
Retired Rod
Was starting to wonder where you had gotten to. Glad you well. Very sorry to hear about the passing of your friend. It's been a tough year for you. But I admire how you continue to 'sally' forth, good for you.
ReplyDeleteCut er Loose - I like that. That is a wonderful send off for a dear friend.
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear from you again Rod and know you are o.k. Sad to hear about your friend but it sounds like he did have a pretty long life.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry that the spammers picked up on the one post you would rather they leave alone. I don't know what makes them select a particular post - I think it might be random though. But I've gotten hundreds of spams over the past few months on one single post - seems to be someone selling the info to the general "spam market" out there. I finally turned off anonymous comments, but today I got one that was spam but addressed to my email address rather than the normal comment route.
ReplyDeleteYou will remember Margie & Bruce's untimely deaths in California a few years ago. Their site was also hacked & we still get spam coming in to our Gmail under their names. Nice to be out & about everyday on the bike eh. And your friend has surely slipped the surly bonds of Earth....
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