Beneath the Wraps

            When the boys were younger and we were poor, we would find activities within the community that were either free or inexpensive.   We would often go to the library or join a group from a chapter of the Foresters.   Every once in a while we would go and play a few rounds of Bingo.   It was offered at a dollar a card.           Richard had noticed that when he takes Jaime to church on Wednesdays that there seems to be extra cars parked around the building belonging to the Elks club.   Seems that Bingo is starts at 6:00 but goes until 9:00 or so.   He thought it would be something we could do while we wait for Jaime during the hour she is gone.           Bingo is NOT something I could do every week.   It’s a once-in-a-while somewhat fun time, but it would get boring week after week for me personally though I know there are som...

Do you feel your beliefs and values are shared by most of the people you are surrounded by each day?   Or do your beliefs set you apart from those around you? The answer to both questions is “Yes”.   Allow me to elaborate: Less than half of all those living in Salt Lake are LDS.   Not all LDS are active.   Though many wards have great support and members work well together, there are just as many whose members may go through the motions each Sunday but may not carry it out the remaining six days – like the “Come Follow Me Program”   -   I’m just curious.   Although I have good friends in the Church who really do live a Christian life 24/7,   I didn’t often feel my values were the same as others living in Salt Lake. As a whole, I usually felt so uptight with the hurriedness, the crime, profanity, dysfunctional relationships, etc.   I was part of the minority – which is not a bad thing.   Evidently, I’ve been part of the minority m...

          I post about my classes as because it is part of my current life.   Although the class was last mod, it still affects me, and I didn't have time to post last month as I may have this month.   I had two classes last mod, but don't generally post about my assignments or discussions in accounting.   They're boring.   Even my instructor said they were boring.   That made me laugh.   The subject of accounting is so one dimensional.   Answers have to be exact.   Everything is black and white.   Blah, blah, blah . . .           Critical thinking, on the other hand, teaches aspects of human behavior and the way our minds work.   There isn't right and wrong in the same sense as accounting.   Not everything is black and white as with math.   Not only is there a huge variety of grey shades, but huge explosions of many colors.   P...

                 Our Saturdays are usually tied up with plans - most of the time it's been going to Roseburg to do shopping, though there are the occasional weekends our plans are attending various activities here in Myrtle Creek or surrounding areas.  Occasionally we actually have a free Saturday which is what I had supposed this last weekend, but Jenna reminded me that I said I would drive her over to the pool to watch the "Grunge Plunge".                  Most of the pictures I share are cropped screenshots of live event video posted to South Umpqua Memorial Pool page on March 17, 2018                    On March 4 last year, South Umpqua Memorial Pool held its first ever "Grunge Plunge".  I didn't even know about it until after the fact ...

          When I was 7th grade, the mandatory history class focused on American history and Utah history.   We had first did a brief study on Europe and the reasons given for explorers making their way to the American continent.   I don't recall a lot on either Revolutionary or Civil Wars though I'm certain that each was mentioned.   We cruise through Utah history as 95% of the class had been raised in the LDS church and obviously knew more about Utah's history than the text book - which had Joseph Smith martyred by hanging - in Utah.   Joseph Smith was not hung nor did he live long enough to see the Church move toward the Utah territory.             That is just one example that I remember.   The instructor was not LDS, but he could see that the class wasn't going to budge - weather right or wrong. I think we ended up skipping three chapters.   It was t...