Monthly Archives: August 2016

Today’s find: Squadron

Posted on August 28, 2016 by John Schroeder

I could hear the piston engines – their menacing murmur – long before I actually saw the planes the other evening.

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Today’s find: Narrow gate

Posted on August 21, 2016 by John Schroeder

Apparently, our granddaughter’s first attempt to negotiate a narrow gate at the local playground didn’t go all that well yesterday.
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Today’s find: Dry bones

Posted on August 19, 2016 by John Schroeder

Live long enough, and you’re bound to encounter it I suppose: A feeling of utter helplessness.

‘So what do you do?’ a friend asked, as he shared the story of a 31-year-old step-niece who’s turning tricks to support her drug addiction.

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Today’s find: Ends of the earth

Posted on August 11, 2016 by John Schroeder

It took almost 37 years, but we finally made our ‘honeymoon’ trip to Ireland this summer.

My dear wife teases me about that every once in a while: How long it took us (i.e., me) to get our act together and visit the land of her ancestors’ birth.

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Today’s find: Moonshot

Posted on August 7, 2016 by John Schroeder

We’re making a little progress, my brothers and I, in the effort to help our Mom downsize from the home of our youth. Yesterday, our clean-out day unearthed a front-page treasure that had been squirreled away in a steamer trunk for the past 47 years or so.

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Today’s find: Going for it

Posted on August 2, 2016 by John Schroeder

Standing over the shot last Saturday afternoon, I think I was feeling a little like Peter must have felt when Jesus told him to step out of the boat.

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