Beneath the Wraps

          Somewhere in my memoirs is a Beetle Bailey comic strip printed in September 1999 – maybe 2000.   Of course, I can’t locate it and thus I will describe what happens (although it will take more time).           For those not familiar with Col. Hathaway (or General – whatever he is) he is bald – which I had never thought about one way or the other as his head is always covered with his army cap.   The only hair that is visible on his face are two little white eyebrows and a small white mustache (about the same size as his nose).   In this strip, Hathaway has his hat off and placed on his desk.   He announces that he has heard that hair can be grown through meditation and so he wants to try it.           For the next four frames we see Hathaway deep in meditation trying so hard to get his hair to grow while his staff p...

I once had an institute instructor who, after every conference, would ask the class members what we thought the theme of conference is/was.   I think this year’s theme is on listening to the guidance of the Holy Ghost and finding the light to overcome darkness – or help others to find light. Light has so many meanings.   It is symbolic for overcoming a bad experience or finally understanding something that wasn’t understood before. Light is illustrated through light bulbs, candles, lamps, Christmas lights, lighthouses.   Those kinds of lights are artificial.   The sun is a source of natural light.   The Son is a representation of light for us to follow. Other than leading us out of darkness, He can also lighten our burdens.   Light can mean the opposite of dark. It can also mean the opposite of heavy. I wear lighter clothes in the summer than in the winter. The snow in the dessert is lighter than the snow on the coast (when there is snow...

Yesterday my eldest great nephew had his first shot of chemo.   He is five. Today my only grandson (so far) turns one Yesterday the book we sent was delivered but the family says they are waiting for today to open it. Yesterday Roland turned 66 Our plans for Tomorrow are to make jam out of the last two gallons of juice. It has been raining while we sleep I sleep heavy.   Roland does not sleep well.   He likes the heat on. I don’t. I don’t like being hot. He doesn’t like being cold. Often my hands and feet will get cold but the rest of me does not. Sometimes I think the elements often interfere with my ability to get Internet. That's frustrating but small in comparrison to many other things and situations.

          Garden Valley Blvd runs northeast to the north. It loses the name “boulevard” and becomes just “road” somewhere before the Riverdale Grange and winds and turns along with Umpqua River.   I don’t know if where Umpqua starts and Roseburg ends.   The Lighthouse Center Café and Bakery is on Fort McKay at the end of Garden Valley.   According to Google, it takes only 20 minutes to get from one end of the street to the other.   It is more like 25 – 30 minutes.           In this post I mentioned having a winning ticket at the drawing that is held before the Wednesday movie starts.    We had driven out there at the end of August during Roland’s staycation.   We did not have the coupon, but we had driven so far out of the city and into the country and outskirts of civilization that we had to order something.       ...

My brother had posted 30 day gratitude list for the month of September.   He said he got it through our sister-in-law.   Each day he would provide details to go with the word or phrase.   This list will contain the first thing that had come to mind.   Perhaps I will use future dash posts to elaborate more in which case I will call it dash #gl . . . 1.        What is your favorite smell?        I have pretty much lost my sense of smell, but I would say cinnamon 2.        What is your favorite form of technology? Camera and evolution of the camera (see here )   3 .          What is your favorite color?                   Emerald Green 4 .          What is your favorite food?     ...

                We must have stopped for gas in Central Point on our way home from Salt Lake last Christmas.   I remember stopping in a used book store.   I found a keepsake journal called “The Grandparent Book”.   Amy Brouse Rosenthal had created a book with a giant upper case “G” on both front and back covers.    The purpose is for a grandparent to journalize his/her life and allow the grandchild to make comparisons of their life to the grand.   None of the pages were marked.   It was in excellent condition and inexpensive.   Thus we purchased it and I planned to fill it out.           The book is designed for one grandparent or the other.   And as all the grandkids have biological ties to Roland, I thought he should be the one to fill out the pages.   I decided we should give it to our only grandson w...

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