Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life – #19
Catch 22. It’s all you have to say to explain a ridiculous situation that is created by contradictory rules. The phrase comes from the classic book Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. The book is set…
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Happy 88th Birthday, Mom!
If you want to see something truly special, follow this link to a post about my Mom. It’s her 88th birthday today! Two years ago I wrote about my Mom and it is all still…
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Jaguar Creek
Nearly twenty years ago we had an idea to create a research and education center in the middle of the Belizean rainforest. With the help of friends, family, the people of Belize, and of course…
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PathLight Diversity Weekend
Two years ago I convinced my friend Brenda Salter McNeil that she should visit Belize with me and see the great things happening through the PathLight ministry. Even though she’s a city girl, she agreed…
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Prayer for Turkey
As many of you know, I visited Istanbul last month and had a wonderful time. Here is a link to some of the photos. Today is the Global day of prayer for Turkey. My friends…
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Livermore Wine Tasting, Part II
About a month ago I wrote about two wineries that are near our new home. My plan is to slowly expand the circle around our home and visit each of the Livermore wineries. So here…
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Twenty Five Friends
A friend of mine has been faithfully reading my blog posts about the 25 books that most influenced my life. He wrote me suggesting an idea. I’ll quote him here: “You know some of the…
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Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life – #20
If you read this blog you know that I grew up working in my father’s junkyard. Many of the people who worked for my Dad were Mexican-American. Spanish was spoken as often — perhaps more…