A Shelter from the Storm

This one is in memory of my Dad, my Grandfather, and my Great-Uncle "Winky" who served during WWII to ensure the freedoms we still enjoy to this day. And for all our service people everywhere who are doing the same thing now. God bless you all....

I just exited stage left, but me and the guys above are doing a happy dance tonite about all the great comments everyone left on my previous post. It is so refreshing to get feedback, whether positive or negative! I dunno...I just liked the look of the black-on-white color scheme. I wish I'd known earlier how hard it was for everyone to read...I would've changed it a long time ago. But, you...

OK. So now I've tweaked my blog. A new reader...well, visitor anyway since I dunno if he'll be back on a regular basis...mentioned he was frightened by my white-letters-on-black-bac kground setup on here, that it usually leaves him blind after reading for a few minutes but having it in a larger font like mine helped. A month or two ago I tried having my blog added to the Elderbloggers website and...

I found this great old Pete Seger song over at a fellow Oregonian's blog called Astoria Rust. I told Dear Hubby this is my new motto: MY GET UP AND GO HAS GOT UP AND WENT by Pete Seger Chorus How do I know my youth is all spent?My get up and go has got up and wentIn spite of it all, I'm able to grinWhen I think of the places my get up has been Old age is golden, I think I've heard saidBut...

Where do I remember that from? Childhood? Anyway, here's a Meme. Don't we all love memes? I do. I read this over at Jaggy's a day or so ago and told her I'd try to find time to do it. Well, now's the time. I'm making up for all the time I didn't have to write this week in one nite! But...oh my...how good it feels to D E C O M P R E S S !!!!!! Are you happy with your given name?...

So many of you never comment, but would you do me a favor and take this anonymous survey poll there in the upper right-hand corner of my sidebar? I'd like to have your feedback. If you don't see what you like to read, you can always tell me in a comment. And keep that anonymous, too, if you like. Thanks....

Amen.