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new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading tagged the red clay strays one comment the harbor by glenn april 9 2025 april 9 2025 local interest twenty seven years ago we needed to relocate to accommodate my mother in law who was moving in with us by then we had lived in the far north suburbs of chicago for about five years we had narrowed down our potential home to one of three options i am sitting in the continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading tagged winthrop harbor no comments kenosha by glenn april 2 2025 april 2 2025 local interest kenosha wisconsin is ten minutes from our home in winthrop harbor illinois since winthrop harbor is a bedroom town to chicago it has limited offerings for shopping and dining so kenosha has been our city for nearly thirty years kenosha keno was a manufacturing and shipping center and in the continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading tagged kenosha no comments odie coyte the terrific terrier by glenn march 26 2025 march 26 2025 my story about two and half years ago our long haired chihuahua died he was an incredibly sweet little guy he defied the breed stereotype by being a mellow cuddler who loved belly rubs i never cared for small dogs until we got him i wound up loving him more than any dog continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading tagged odie no comments tetris and life by glenn march 19 2025 march 19 2025 atitudes my story i am not a game person they seem like a waste of mental energy and pointless competition but i have some exceptions i like the interaction that games encourage you get to let your hair down and have some fun with people scrabble has some appeal because at least you continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading no comments avoiding the void by glenn march 12 2025 march 12 2025 atitudes one of the most dangerous things in life is having nothing to do i bring up the topic because we are in a bit of a waiting period right now we have been talking about moving south for several years but we never found anything that we both liked and continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading tagged retirement no comments leader of the free world by glenn march 5 2025 march 5 2025 in the news hi there this post is a little different i am tipping my hand a bit by letting you know how i feel about something of which there are serious differences of opinion these days most everything has been made political with extreme opinions ruling the day your civil well reasoned comments continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading no comments my new baby by glenn february 26 2025 february 26 2025 my story that s a photo of my new baby i have four others so you must think i am a good guitarist or play in a band nope i just play for me however it would be fun to play in a band in a sense i do play in a band continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading no comments sun circles by glenn february 19 2025 february 19 2025 aging my story this post has nothing to do with atmospheric conditions or skin care it is a reflection about our trips around the sun tomorrow i will celebrate 71 of them i am not fishing for birthday wishes of happiness and joy though always appreciated rather i am using it as an continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading no comments still home of the chiefs by glenn february 12 2025 february 12 2025 in the news my story i had planned to write a tribute to my chiefs while basking in the warm glow of victory instead i am writing to process my grief i never really thought about the chiefs losing after their victorious season of generally doing just enough to win game after game i didn t continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading tagged kansas city chiefs no comments simplification by glenn february 5 2025 february 5 2025 atitudes my story it s time for us to do a final clean out of our house before we meet with our realtor march 1st and put our home of twenty five years on the market in early april fortunately we also did some of this last fall knowing this time was coming we have gotten continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading tagged simplify no comments wintertime rhyme by glenn january 29 2025 february 12 2025 atitudes you get off to such a fine start with thanksgiving and christmas that first snowfall is a work of art but you overstay your welcome as your beauty quickly fades into a massive filthy slushy and white glaze of salt your refreshing chill turns bitter and you must be removed continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading tagged winter 2 comments power to the middle by glenn january 22 2025 january 22 2025 in the news i watched the inauguration of president trump and i am brimming with reaction but i am not going to write about it if i did a bunch of you would brand me as an enemy or at least a poor misguided soul you would probably delete me as a facebook continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading tagged inauguration trump 2 comments jimmy carter by glenn january 15 2025 march 1 2025 people i remember his presidency his big toothy grin his common man persona and his background as a naval officer and peanut farmer he is generally hailed for his character and his post presidency even though most thought his years as president were not so great i don t see how we can continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading no comments honesty is a dangerous thing by glenn january 8 2025 january 9 2025 writing if necessity is the mother of invention then desperation is the mother of writing the desperation is the need to understand our own hearts and minds stating things so another can understand is a key component of our own understanding that s the cathartic element of writing non fiction the human spirit continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading no comments the blank slate by glenn january 1 2025 january 1 2025 atitudes welcome to day one of 2025 every day of this entire year is yet to be determined i have a sense of excitement at the beginning of every year there are new things i want to explore new disciplines i want to acquire and some crappy things i want to continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading tagged new year no comments tales of the glories of christmases long long ago by glenn december 18 2024 january 5 2025 christmas christmas 1981 the news hit us hard everything in our busy lives faded from our minds as our thoughts were consumed with one new haunting fact patty had a large tumor that required a hysterectomy she was twenty five we got married very young patty was only eighteen i was all continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading no comments 7 oh by glenn december 10 2024 december 10 2024 my story i have been wanting to write about this for so long that i am now only two months from turning 7 one i remember the milestone birthdays 40 50 60 70 especially seventy though 50 was interesting since it was at chucky cheese when i was a kid if continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading tagged aging no comments time to make a move by glenn december 4 2024 december 4 2024 my story about 300 000 people move out of illinois every year for a net loss of 116 000 we are moving out of illinois about 226 000 people move to tennessee every year the net gain is 43 000 we are moving to tennessee i have a few people to blame for this my continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading tagged moving 2 comments thanks thinking by glenn november 27 2024 november 27 2024 atitudes when i pray and when i think i tend to labor over what is wrong what needs to be fixed these are the black specks on the blank piece of white paper i focus on what s wrong with other people and especially what s wrong with me and of course what s continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading tagged thanksgiving no comments what i am hanging onto by glenn november 20 2024 december 31 2024 faith my story it is so easy to enumerate what i am done with when it comes to religion it is profoundly more difficult to figure out what to hang onto i feel like i should occasionally ask myself that question to see if i am total heretic or just a free spirit continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading no comments why i am done with religion by glenn november 14 2024 december 31 2024 faith my story i feel like i need to write a disclaimer every time i write a post that is critical of the institutional church i write about my experience over several decades both very much inside the church and outside of it i am not mad at anybody there are no sour continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading one comment i am done with by glenn november 8 2024 december 31 2024 faith my story this is one of the easiest and most cathartic posts i have ever written it s easy because i can clearly catalog the characteristics of evangelical religion that are distasteful to me since i write this at the peak fervor of our presidential campaign evangelical entanglement with politics immediately comes to continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading one comment hello again by glenn november 8 2024 november 8 2024 writing it has been a long while since i have posted here and i have missed it i realize that my readers come from different perspectives and some of the posts i put up are not exactly their cup of tea a long time ago i went through my social media continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading no comments christmas reflection by glenn december 24 2022 november 8 2024 christmas finally a little time to think and pray god made an unassuming entrance into our little world the creator became the creation you would think his entrance would have been grandiose instead it was humiliating he was born into a blue color working class family it was a really bad continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading tagged christmas no comments the leader of the free world by glenn april 24 2022 january 5 2025 in the news he was a comedian that played a teacher on a tv show whose character went on tirade about corruption in the country s government the tirade went viral on social media and he was elected president of the country that was a tv show now that same actor comedian is the actual continue reading share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print like this like loading tagged ukraine no comments breakfast of champions by glenn april 22 2022 december 31 2024 faith john 20 21 each mealtime has a special feeling to it breakfast is refreshing because it has been a long time since dinner in our day many people skip it or eat a pop tart on the way to work almost never does so...