Today I’m off to Camp Lewallen to teach an adult leader training class again. This session of Advanced Leader Training is pretty free-form. It’s a loosely structured group of sessions to teach Scout Leader skills to adults who have been at it long enough to know what questions to ask (as opposed to Basic Leader […]
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I hadn’t been on my bike in about three weeks, what with inclement weather and weekend commitments. The weather this weekend was absolutely ideal: cool and dry, but neither cold nor windy. The sky was clear and blue, but the air quality was certainly variable. On Saturday, there were areas where the defoliant was so […]
There was a heavy fog as I left Kennett this morning at seven. Amazingly, after the late night last night, I rolled out at 0630 with no problem. I feared I might be behind schedule anyway, as the heavy fog precluded much speed between Kennett and Hayti. It was an odd juxtaposition of having the […]
Short post, as I’ve had a long day, and a short night coming and another long day tomorrow. After working until 2:00 PM, I checked on my Mom and then spent my second stint parking cars at the Delta Fair until 10:00 PM (Thursday was my first shift). Our Boy Scout Troop and Venture Crew […]
Yes, that’s what the Delta Fair smells like. Normally, we stay open late on Tuesday evenings. Even though we’re usually open until noon on Saturdays, there are still some folks whose work hours make it hard to get their pet in for a visit. So, starting about 1990, we started scheduling until 7:00PM on Tuesdays. […]
Two days out of the clinic, sixteen hours of driving, overpriced motels and meals: $____(I’m just not thinking about it, and yes, I used MasterCard). The "Dad’s Weekend" with my daughter: priceless. I’m not terribly keen on football, so when we found that her scuba certification conflicted with THE GAME, I wasn’t too disappointed. Instead, […]
Unless you ask his offspring. How fondly I remember the day when my teen-aged daughter first called me a geezer. What a proud day that was. It recalled to me my own youthful days of innocence. I felt a little shaky on the day when I first began to suspect that my own father didn’t […]
Holiday weekends are great in some ways for me, not so great in others. I love family celebrations and so forth, and they are easy for me to get to, as my entire extended family lives right here in Kennett. On the other hand, since I don’t leave town, I take over all clinic duties […]