So much going on

i probably have a dozeb "posts" running around in my head,
but first a word from my sponser...

Oscar

He has been gone some 3 years,
but the other morning he came visiting,
meowing at my door,
calling for me.
I am left with questions:
Is he coming back?
When?
How?
Will I know its him?
I have not thought abut geetting anther cat since he and his partner left me to recover.

I was thinking about the many connections we make in our life
and then they surprize us.
I say good morning as i walk in to work to those i meet,
they have all returned my greeting.
Yesterday, there was conversation with two of them,
more than just a greeting.
It is a completion or the begining of more,
just talk, but now there is more of a connection.
This important,
The circle of completion,
we all need it.

It will be dropping out of computer land for a bit,
but before i do,
Today we have a visitor,


Roxanne

Roxanne

a welcome one...



Our neighbors baby,
just for a bit

An Elaborate ruse

They are pulling a trick on me

an elaborate one.

They are telling me that it is February

and that i did not go into a coma for 2 or 3 months,

but i know better.

My garden does not lie.

The oregano is sprouting,

as is the fennel

and chives.

The Forsythia are budding,

The weeds are growing in the garden

and i have not even tilled the soil yet!

It is over 50 F

They are telling me the Super bowl is tomorrow, but it can not be,
I do not know who won?

and everyone is telling me it is February.

They lie!

an alternate story which might explain things also

This morning i posted something which was meaningful, but there is an alternate explanation

There was once an old farmer who sold his mule, telling the buyer that the mule was very obedient.

Well after numerous tries, the buyer found the mule would not even start to go home with him and went and got the farmer and asked what the deal was.

The Farmer picked up a nearby 4 x 4 and hit the mule over the head and the mule immediately went to the buyer.

The farmer explained "You got to get his attention first!".

Early morning thoughts

An Old Story

When i was a young man

and a new Christian.,

I fell into a group of evangelical Christians

and there was a story circulating among the group

telling of how shepherds would deal with sheep that had gone astray.

Whether the story had any truth to it,

i do not know,

this group would tell many stories that they said were truth to get their points across,

that were not.

To the story,

they would say that if a lamb strayed too much,

the shepherd would break the leg of the lamb,

so it would not wander,

but because the lamb could not get around,

the shepherd would then carry it, until i bended.

The point of the story?

Sometimes i feel like that lamb who kept wandering

and that i have been broken and carried around,

so i would not stray.

So all of the trouble and difficulty that i have been through

because of the removal of a death dealing tumor,

the double vision,

the lack of balance,

is only being brought closer to my shepherd.

confusion of the weather

after a difficult day at work,
i truly enjoyed the walk home.
i forgot the month and thought only of how it felt,
like late April maybe even May,
My Lord it was 60 F today!
(yes i use the symbols of what temperature scale i am using, F, C or K, just for clarity).
There seems to be so little clarity these days,
except the weather...
I will enjoy it!

sharin my cookin smells with the neighborhood

This is not a recipe,
it is a way of coking.
This is not a winter,
it is 50 F on the last day of January.
There is no snow on the ground.
I have the "girls" here
and so the doors are open so they can enjoy.
I have a cheap piece of pork rib (they call it country ribs)
and i start with olive oil to brown the meat.
add onions and garlic and some of that dried oregano from my garden.
The smells waft out the open door and attract my neighbors.
Red wine, but first some fennel seed.
Tomato sauce and then let it simmer down.
The pasta will come later with a salad.
I seem to have a lot of friends in the neighborhood,
you wonder why?

not sure if i should've gotten out of bed today

The signs were there
it should have been obvious,
I was oblivious.
The walk in to work was okay,
'cept for the car that speed up as i was in the cross walk,
missing me by feet,
but i continued on.
Then there was the man asking for money for coffee,
I bought him a coffee,
but he wanted more money after that.
I kept going.
At work, after i punched in,
i found that my reading glasses were not with me.
I can not work with out them,
not with what i do,
so i went back and the same man accosted me again.
I walked on this time.
Home i had to change out of my shirt and get a new hat,
they were soaked with sweat.
Back to work and i see the same guy working other people,
he did not try me again.
Work was busy,
many phone calls due to a letter that had gone out.
I was trying to correct some code in VBA,
but the interruptions made it near impossible.
The calls were nice tho and i settled in and answered the questions the best i could,
nice people all.
Bed bugs, water samples, questions,
it was a busy day.
I got the code to work and i was happy.
It ended up being a good day despite a auspicious beginning.