Nine years a fairly high-functioning quadriplegic, and operating in the realm of project management, I appreciated not only the mission, but also the value placed on input from stakeholders: academics, designers, scaled-up manufacturers, parts suppliers, service and repair resources, and disabled end users.
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Advent and Stones?
As with much that God has for us, things are not always as they seem.
Third Baseline Lesson
In May of 1970, my dad (the tall guy), his Chevrolet colleagues, John Owens and Don Freeman, along with Richard Owens and me, presented Ted Williams, then Coach of the Washington Senators, with the Ted Williams Story film shown that April on channel 7, the local ABC affiliate and sponsored by Chevrolet. I’m not sureContinue reading “Third Baseline Lesson”
Requiem of Relief
My Thanksgiving’s Friday, Cuz I’m still in the coop. My buddy got it in the neck, And now he’s in the soup. Author Unknown; Attribution to Betty Marvin
FATHER OF THE BRIDE TOAST Heidel-Masterson Wedding Reception-Dinner Atrium at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens Saturday, August 5, 2017
FATHER OF THE BRIDE TOAST Heidel-Masterson Wedding Reception-Dinner The Atrium at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens Saturday, August 5, 2017 Good evening and thank you all for coming this evening. On behalf of lovely and heroic Alice, along with Drew and Madeline Masterson, let me say how very pleased we are that you’ve joined us to celebrateContinue reading “FATHER OF THE BRIDE TOAST Heidel-Masterson Wedding Reception-Dinner Atrium at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens Saturday, August 5, 2017”
A CHARLES’ DICKIE CHRISTMAS 4EDUX
Well, there we all are. Slightly more numerous than last year. Another grand-baby-boy with somewhat inconvenient Scandinavian citizenship, and another engaging daughter engaged, who will soon tie the lasso with a handsome Texan fiancé. God’s goodness has crowned our year. Happy as we all may appear, do not be fooled. Several in this bunch are plotting, scheming meanContinue reading “A CHARLES’ DICKIE CHRISTMAS 4EDUX”
A Charles’ Dickie Christmas R3dux
Once again, headed to the holiday neighborhood literati bash at which all comers are to read or recite a Christmas-themed page or two, and at which the above tale has been read before. My want to be a paperback writer work product has been meager this past year. Sadly, that itself is a recurring theme.Continue reading “A Charles’ Dickie Christmas R3dux”
Tomorrow, It Is True of Me
My friend, former cyclist, and now quadriplegic, Kip writes succinctly but insightfully and hopefully about his (and our) struggles, God’s purposes and our responsibility in “Tomorrow, It Is True of Me.” Follow him at “Hope for Kip.” Tomorrow it is true of me…
The Big Reveal
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still living?” But his brothers were not able to answer him, because they were terrified at his presence. Then Joseph said to his brothers, “ Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one youContinue reading “The Big Reveal”
“I win. I win.”
My friend, former cyclist, and now quadriplegic, Kip writes succinctly but insightfully an hopefully in “I Win. I Win.” Follow him at “Hope for Kip.”
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