A Morning Prayer

Posted on Sun 29 August 2021 in Blog • Tagged with Prayer, Reality, Life

I have been in the habit of keeping a journal again the last 2 or 3 years, and I often close each entry by reflecting on my circumstances and writing a prayer. Each day's entry has it's own, because they are based on what is happening at that time. About …


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On Peace

Posted on Sat 28 August 2021 in Blog • Tagged with Peace, Reality, Truth

While drinking a cup of coffee this morning, my thoughts went to a scene I saw a couple of days ago. I was in my car, turning left at a corner in front of a park fence. Across the street in front of me was a group of older adults …


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Labels, Labels, Labels

Posted on Sun 22 August 2021 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Pressure, Brainwashing

So Who Are You? Does it matter?

Most of my life, I've been hearing the same message; if you know yourself, all is well. I was told the secret to happiness is some magic elixer, that once you attain it, you will know yourself.

So why is it that the …


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Daylight Savings Time 2021

Posted on Sat 20 March 2021 in Blog • Tagged with DST, Life, Awareness

Last Sunday, the state where I live went on Daylight Savings Time (DST), and all of our clocks were set ahead one hour. I spent time listening to what people around me said about the change. People who like it think that they have more "time". People against it hate …


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Pressure

Posted on Sat 20 February 2021 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Pressure, Brainwashing, Covid-19

This is the SECOND time I have written this article. I was ready to publish it the first time, did the wrong thing, and erased it - with no backup. So the title is apt!

Pressure

This has been a very challenging week for me. I was brought face to face …


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A New President

Posted on Wed 20 January 2021 in Blog • Tagged with Leadership, Government, Life, Christian Life

Today was the inauguration of Joe Biden, the new United States President. As I muse on the events of this past election season, I see a trend that during my lifetime has gotten worse, not better: lack of candidates who are skilled and wise in leadership, and lack of representation …


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Welcome to my New Website

Posted on Thu 14 January 2021 in Blog • Tagged with Welcome

Welcome!

As mentioned in a post on my old drupal-based site, I have been working on a replacement website that is more small-screen friendly and static based instead of requiring a lot of server resources.

Many of the articles from the old site have been brought into this site, but …


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How To Setup a git Server on Amazon EC-2

Posted on Wed 09 December 2020 in Tech Blog • Tagged with Linux, AWS, git

This article describes how I set up a git server on an Amazon Linux EC2 T3 instance. I used this article as a guide, adapting a few things to the EC-2 environment along the way.

Note: This article assumes you have git installed on your EC2 Linux server. If not …


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Still Here!

Posted on Sat 30 June 2018 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Growth

I know that I haven't posted a blog entry in a long time, but I am among the living on the earth.

Smiles The truth is, I've been questioning whether the time spent and the hassles involved in maintaining this blog were worth the time. I also have been looking at …


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Sunday, May 01

Posted on Sun 01 May 2016 in Blog • Tagged with Life, Thankful

On this day here where I live, things are beginning to get green outside. The temperatures are getting warmer and the trees are budding up. Spring is arriving! The land is being renewed.

We who are Christians have a unique advantage; because we are continually forgiven, we start new everyday …


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