During November I was working: three sermons and a funeral. Sounds like a bad movie title, doesn’t it? October was a month of staying home (mostly) and recovering from my surgery. November has offered all kinds of opportunities to preach and be out in the world. In fact, with three sermons and a funeral in …
8 Sisters Bakery and Cafe in Mt. Gilead
Whenever we drive to or from Mom and Dad’s, we pass the sign on I-71 for 8 Sisters Bakery and Cafe. You know how much I like bakeries, but we were always in a hurry to get wherever we were going and never stopped. After reading a little more about 8 Sisters Bakery and Cafe …
Barn at Rocky Fork, Gahanna
For my birthday, John and Jackie took me out to eat at the Barn at Rocky Fork in Gahanna. This gift combined three of my favorite things: my family, a new restaurant, and brunch. During the time I served as a pastor, we ate out every Sunday after church. I still want to eat out …
Dublin Market at Bridge Park
The first Saturday in November, Tom, John, Jackie, and I headed to the Dublin Market at Bridge Park. Jackie had told me about this farmers’ market and how nice it was. I thought I had missed it because it runs every Saturday from the beginning of May until the end of September. But there was …
Skechers Hands Free Slip-Ins
I recently bought my first pair of Skechers Hands Free Slip-Ins. In case you have missed the thousands of commercials on them, these are athletic shoes. Before my hip replacement surgery I tried to think of things that would help me recover. Now that I am one month post-surgery, I know which of those things …
Tweaks to the RV
As I was preparing for and recovering from my surgery, Tom made a few tweaks to the RV. He made a big change when he took out the dinette in May and we were very happy with the change during the summer. That made him bold enough to try a few other things while he …
Gahanna Woods State Nature Preserve
As part of my rehab, I’m supposed to walk twice every day, but I get tired of doing the same old thing. On a beautiful day last week, Tom and I went to the Gahanna Woods State Nature Preserve for a walk. We had been to the Lynd Fruit Farm to pick up some apples …
Rebuilding Grandma’s Bridge
Last Saturday was a day dedicated to rebuilding Grandma’s bridge. My mom and dad live in a condo in a retirement community called Wedgewood Estates. Their condo backs up onto a pond and a woods. When Wedgewood Estates first opened, one of the original residents built a bridge over a creek in the woods. That …
2025 Knitting Update
As I mentioned on Tuesday, there isn’t much going on with me. This seemed liked a good time for the 2025 knitting update. You might not care about what I have knitted in the last year, but it was an especially productive summer of knitting for me. I started the year by finishing my Qiviut …
Rehab is Job #1
Right now, for me, rehab is job #1. I have to keep reminding myself of this because I am feeling pretty good and have a lot of things on my to-do list. I am two weeks post-op as I am writing this, but you will be reading it closer to three weeks post-op. A few …