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Tag: LIFE

  • Life’s Finale Choice

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    In a chillingly pristine, flowing Matanuska River tributary, I watched in wonder today as spawning sockeye salmon displayed both this life’s genesis and finale . . . so like us. Conceived to life in an unfathomable act of co-creation with our Creator, we launched into life’s ocean. In a span of time known only to…

  • Growth Spurts and Pumpkin Patches

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    This pic of Dale Marshall and his 2023 Alaska State Fair winning 2,023  lb. pumpkin didn’t ‘squash’ his record 2,147 lb. behemoth of last year, but he appears somewhat satisfied. This backyard video clip of Mama Bullwinkle and her 400 lb. calf, which weighed in around 25 lbs. at birth just 4 months ago, also…

  • Pondering ‘Empty’

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    Fred D
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    My vitamin D bottle came up empty today. Sure hope I can refill it before rickets sets in 😊  ‘Empty’ can be a depressing situation . . . an empty gas tank stranding a motorist; an insufficient funds notice of an empty bank account; the ‘empty nest’ left behind by children now grown; the empty…

  • Alter Ego #3

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    Fred D
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    Backstory – An alter-ego is defined as one’s second self, a different version of oneself to aspire to . . . kinda’ like Clark Kent’s Superman. A while back I began a collection of short, anonymous tributes to some of my wan-a-bee alter-egos who have graciously blessed my life by being there to support and…

  • Wan-a-bee Alter Egos

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    Fred D
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    Who’s your desired, wan-a-bee alter ego? Until the John 14:3 “…I will come back and take you to be with me…” promise is fulfilled, and my last fleeting day becomes my first eternal one, I will ever aspire to, but never come remotely close to the perfectly sinless, flawless example Jesus set. He will forever…

  • Life’s Brief Gossamer Wings

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    Fred D
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    Up here on the mountain – down in the ‘holler’ – over the ‘crick’ we experienced a large Mayfly hatch last evening. They clung to our windows and literally covered portions of our deck . . . but that’s Good News😁 . . . mayflies require clean water to breed, and large hatches indicate a…

  • Jeremy’s Egg

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    Fred D
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    Tomorrow is Easter. As done on previous Easter eves, here once again is one my favorite true stories. May it encourage you as together we rejoice remembering . . . “Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there.”—Clarence W. Hall Over the years I’ve listened to many excellent presentations…

  • Three Questions

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    Fred D
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    In our sadly divided nation, I strive not to risk sparking gut-level political controversy. However, this picture has haunted my dreams since the horrific, unimaginable tragedy at Nashville Covenant School in Nashville, TN three days ago: Here’s another picture from that tragic day.  I respectfully ask you consider both pictures, and ask yourself three questions:…

  • A Ragamuffin’s Regretful ‘If Only”s

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    Fred D
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    ‘Woulda’…’coulda’ …’shoulda’ … Life’s ‘if only’s that can block out the bright sunshine with dark stratocumulus clouds of regret. Intriguing that “if” resides smack dab in the middle of LIFE. Regret is “If Only’s” synonym. The dictionary defines regret as, “To feel sorry, disappointed, distressed, or remorseful about. To remember with a feeling of loss…

  • The Gift of Others

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    Fred D
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    Christmas blessings from our home to yours. In whatever circumstances and wherever this may reach you, may it find you and yours resting assured in knowing His Best is Yet to Come! This momentary adventure called Life is more often experienced in its valleys than on the mountaintops. Suffice it to say my 2022’s sojourn…