All the kids have blogs, and some grandkids. Guess it's time to get with the program. Thought I would share some thoughts of the past week for a first post.
Family: A friend passed away unexpectedly. Amid the grief and tears and shared memories a comment came to our ears. A daughter of the friend mentioned how at get-togethers she would watch our family and felt jealous. That comment made me reflect. Jealous? Of us? I tend to react to what attacks my comfort zone while overlooking the peace and values that surround me every day. I smiled as I reflected on what we have; our family interrelationships. We are functional. We care about each other amid ups and downs. Love covers each other's failings. Irritations come and go but don't affect the greater value of being family. In a crisis we are without question there for each other. And best of all, this is "normal" for us. As my dad would have said, "You can't buy that with money." Yup, priceless. What a blessing.
A bit of wanderlust combined with a garage full of cool things. Beginning in April 2010 follow our cabin build history and other adventures in remote Gustavus, Alaska
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"Most of us live a cautious life on the principle of safety first; but to live the Christian life there is necessary a certain reckless willingness to adventure. If faith can see every step of the way, it is not really faith."
Wm. Barclay
“Few frontiers would have been settled without that special breed of women who have always followed the footsteps of their wandering husbands.” Wayne Short, from “The Cheechakoes”
"Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing."
Helen Keller
"...not all those who wander are lost"
J.R.R. Tolkien
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do than by the things you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
Samuel Clemens
"Truth is the cry of many but the game of few." --George Berkeley
"I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is."
Albert Camus
God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame. "Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do" "Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Gian Carlo Menotti
Langston Hughes
About Me
- Mel (AKA Dad, Papa Mel, Grampa)
- Not retired, just tired. Married 44 years. Viet Nam Vet (1st Cavalry Division). Enjoying life!
4 comments:
Hey Dad--glad to see you gave in to the peer-pressure and when I told the kids you have a blog now, too, Ava said "Yay!!"
I am glad we are family and I love you. --e
P.S. What does the title of your blog mean?
nice work, dad.
and e, i think it has something to do with liking buggies and a secret desire to be a barista...buggista. maybe dad should blog about this.
A group of us into dune buggies call ourselves "buggistas." I don't know who coined the term. I just thoughtit was clever. Just got back from hosting a run to Death Valley. I hope to get some pix of it up once this old dog learns the new trick. something for the grandkids to enjoy.
ahhhhh, i was pronouncing it wrong. Thought it was Bug-ista with a short i. oops! that makes more sense. love the profile pic, too!
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