They don’t sleep here.
We made it to Florence. I think I like it better than Rome. It’s certainly cleaner. Somehow, some way, we ended up at a kid’s ballet recital. It’s the daughter…
Wow, that was fast.
Short post. Short train trip. I’m always amazed at just how fast a train can go. We are traveling from Rome to Florence today. 247km, the screen says. That’s 153…
Good bones. (And I ain’t talking house either.)
Needed a few days to refresh and recharge. Needed a few days away from the news. Honestly, it’s been getting to me lately. Usually, I can leave it at the…
The state of the war.
It would be easy, I think, to put what’s going on in Ukraine on the back burner. I mean, look at what we are dealing with here at home. A…
About Memorial Day
I realize I’m a day late on this, but I wanted to share something that happened yesterday. It was my honor to emcee the Memorial Day Ceremony at Bay Pines…
A holiday weekend. It doesn’t feel like it.
It’s Memorial Day weekend. It’s meant for us to remember all those we lost during military service. While we still do that, it has also become the unofficial start of…
A clearer picture.
We are starting to get a better idea of what happened in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday. A lot of questions remain. The biggest: Why did it take at least 40…
We can’t keep doing this.
As I write this, my heart aches. Once again, we see another mass shooting in this country. This time, at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. 19 children shot and…
Stunning and sad.
Have you seen anything about this 300-page report on sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention? As I said at the top, it’s stunning and sad. From the Associated Press:…
How we start the week
Here’s the news I’m reading on TV this morning. Not a lot of good news either. I guess we need to start seriously worrying about China. From USA Today: President…