Category: life in general

The Stapletons

https://www.facebook.com/stapletonsmusic

https://youtube.com/channel/UCG929HIJ0amcfNh2VWyj6eQ?si=6jVSFdBH9yI7EqDZ

Are playing at Havenwood Event Center rural Sparta.

Tues Sept 26th 5-9 PM

$15/single

$25/ family

To promote their new video regarding biological mothers who place their child for adoption.

Join them… Kate is from Middle Ridge.

This is an excellent time to hear the rest of the story of how biological mothers navigate the process and give a donation to further support the adoption process.

09.24.2023

61⁰F SE@14mph overcast SR0652 SS 1857

Morning Offering given

The world is quiet

Coffee Luke warm been in the Yeti too long

Home from Eau Claire people dropped off. Now at Open Door, pkg up mom and new baby. The man took them in earlier this morning.

I am ready to sleep. Won’t be home for another hour yet.

Rt hearing aide dead.

Know you are prayed for.

09.23.2023

62⁰F raining SE@14mph SR0651 SS1858

Morning Offering given

Village soaking wet after glorious all night rain. 2.4″ of the wonderful stuff… PTL

Coffee strong

The man sleeps

Audio appt yesterday more hearing loss left ear, right ear the same.

Pulmonary appt. Home sleep study scheduled in Oct.

This is a home day for both of us.  Hoping to accomplish much.

Did you know Goodwill sells books on CD for $1.99?  Bought 3 yesterday.

Speaking of books, I need to fill my LFL today.

Mass at St Augustines tonight at 6. Need to meet the train in Tomah at 730. At the bus station Eau Claire 0230 tomorrow.

Know you are prayed for.

09.22.2023

59⁰F overcast SE@11mph SR0650 SS1900

Morning Offering given

Village peaceful

Coffee good

The man sleeps… he should, worked hard yesterday.

Nice meal@ Peck’s with B last evening.

Hearing test this morning and pulmonary consultation… they suspect sleep apnea.

Cadi in the shop. Getting time to put her away for the winter.

New wheels picked up yesterday. Ford Expedition XLT. Our old one is over 300,000, time to replace it. Can’t trust it for long trips with that many miles on it.

Vivid in color, dreaming last night. In my dreams, we were moving to some place with a quaint small church that had a retired old school priest and was just receiving a priest who has been contemplating his vocation. The old one lived in a ramshackle rectory with a daily housekeeper coming in from the nearby village. The new one complained of everything, including the old style confessional that always seemed to have a penitent kneeling outside of it and the study that always seemed to have a parishioner waiting for advice or just conversation.

The old priest had assigned the new one these two duties for the next 90 days. With instruction to be readily available regardless of time of day, as in his words, “sin and loneliness,” don’t keep regular hours, and this will teach you how to “die to self.”

Unfortunately, I woke and will never know the rest of the story. But I will ponder dying to self.

Romans 6:6; John 3:3,36; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 1 Peter 1:23; Galatians 2:20

Know you are prayed for.

09.21.2023

58⁰F ESE@9mph SR0649 SS1902

Morning Offering given

Village quiet

Coffee good

The man test driving ’17 Ford. It rides nice. Not a bad color. Doesn’t seem to hurt my shoulders to drive it.

Need to sit down and figure out my calendar. It is a mess.

Today’s ponder… James 1:19 & Saint Ignatius… both of which I do poorly.

Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent.

Know you are prayed for.