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Speaking of Moving

Things are progressing well with our Lindsborg house purchase; the closing is still scheduled for the end of August. Various minor issues have arisen after the inspections, and they are being resolved; the … Read more

Brian’s Fish World

This weekend marked the closing of one chapter of our lives as we continue preparations to move back to Lindsborg. We took down all of our fish tanks, and like they’ve been for … Read more

Back on the Air

Just a quick note to mention that mike-sheryl.com is back on the air after a brief outage. Unfortunately, dotster never replied to any of my customer support queries so I don’t know if … Read more

Mother’s Day 2004

So this is a different holiday now that both our moms are gone. We look back and honor their memories, while at the same time honoring and celebrating our grown daughter’s role as … Read more

A Stain on the Flag

There’s a whole jumble of thoughts, crying to get out and be heard. I don’t even know where to begin, nor how well this medium will work, but I’ve got to try. I … Read more

Thoughts on Nightline

I was struck by a couple of things as I watched Nightline tonight. (For future reference, tonight was the show where Ted Koppel read off all the name of American soldiers who have … Read more

Waiting for a Miracle

Powerful, inspirational lyrics from Bruce Cockburn’s song Waiting for a Miracle: You stand up proud You pretend you’re strong In the hope that you can be (I first came to know this song … Read more

About All the Pages

Ever since Ken referred to me as Mike NLI (no last initial), I’ve been aware that this site needed an About page. And so, now it has one: About All the Pages. It’s … Read more

Seattle to San Jose

Our journey home initially took us down Interstate 5, but as we neared Oregon we headed east, over to the Columbia River Gorge. There we drove along the Historic Columbia River Highway, enjoying … Read more