Saturday, December 23, 2023

A Christmas Eve Thought

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  As we meet this morning, it being Christmas Eve, some thoughts relating to this day invaded my mind during the weeks leading up to this da...
Thursday, December 21, 2023

Max Might be a Shepherd Dog

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Yesterday we loaded up a box with plates of homemade Christmas Cookies to share with friends living in the Centerville, Texas area near our ...
Monday, December 11, 2023

Of Course, We Trust Our Government

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  While scanning headlines this morning this image jumped off the screen, begging to be explained.   It’s not that I don’t trust our gover...
Sunday, December 10, 2023

Dealing With Dementia

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My brother Daniel has an advanced stage of dementia which makes for some interesting challenges.  He and his wife live on our three-acre pro...

Meeting Potential Spam

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Strange as it might sound, I actually met Potential Spam the other day.   All these years his name would come up on my cell phone, interrupt...
Monday, May 22, 2023

Turns out Mike was a Camel

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  Each morning, to get started on the right foot, I take my vitamins.   As part of this ritual, I tear off a page from the calendar which ac...
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

Police Public Relations

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  In the mid-1970s while assigned to the Montrose area of Houston, the City posted a series of No Left Turn signs at the behest of the local...
Monday, March 13, 2023

Price Gouging or Fair Market Value

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  This past week the connection where the city water hose line feeds into our RV broke. Water was gushing out the end of the hose and I shut...
Saturday, February 25, 2023

A True MacGyver Moment

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  My neighbor’s car locked him out after he’d unhooked the battery.   It was then he realized that the mechanical key didn’t open the door, ...
Sunday, February 12, 2023

First Aid Training

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This Wednesday the Young Women and Young Men attending the Madisonville Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints will hold ...
Sunday, February 05, 2023

The Hot Sheet

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  A fellow retired police officer reminded me that at one time patrol officers were handed a Hot Sheet while in Roll Call.   This was a list...
Monday, January 30, 2023

Checking 3622

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  I was in a meeting at church the other day and the topic turned to the advent of the computer age.   We take for granted that our cellphon...
Wednesday, January 18, 2023

By The Book

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One  of the character traits desirable in police officers has to do with being able to do things ‘by the book’.   It implies a desire to adh...