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Garbed in Silver

I can't help but remember my Dad in the digital story I composed while attending Joe Lambert's Digital Storytelling workshop in 2007, 18 years ago. Joe guided me through constructi

Trying a New Pup Out #SPCA #Dog

You may recall that a short time ago, Prancer, our toy poodle, was mourned. He had lived a long life, 15 years, spanning the youth of my children and giving my wife and I comfort t

Songs of Hope and Belonging

As I get older, the more history I read, the longings for the country I spent my first ten years of life grow stronger. I have often felt like the young lady who cooked, cleaned, a

Epitaph

I was digging through my old emails, and ran across this one I'd sent to my children. I thought the poem, entitled "Epitaph," to be worth sharing again. Now, don't go thinking I'm

Putting Your Affairs In Order

When your family faces a threat like COVID 19, you realize you had better revisit that old maxim of "Put your affairs in order." I was having this conversation with work colleagues

Free At Last

On February 10, 2017, Adalgisa Guhlin de Gonzalez, died from a brain tumor. When she died, I found myself dealing sadness, relief, as well as a "blankness." I wrote about the exper

Easing Past Technology Provincialism

When my father took me to buy an Apple //e, I had no idea it would change my life. In fact, I imagined it would ruin it. My father, driven inexplicably to the Computer Solutions st

Garbed in Glory: Remembering MY Veteran

As I grew up in The Canal Zone, which existed in the Republic of Panama, I often remember visiting Air Force bases like Albrook Air Force Base. I remember the sense of order that A

Thank you on Memorial Day

This past week, my wife shared with me a story about how a friend from church had gone in to see the judge about a ticket about speeding and changing lanes without a blinker. Her f

Witless Brevity

"Be brief," he said. My daughter takes this advice to heart: Short, concise sentences. Short, concise sentences. This has to become my mantra for when I write papers. Oh, how I l

Goodnight! Topo Gigio

Since my cold meds are keeping me up, I found myself teasing my family with the show that I once watched when I was a kid living in Panama: [youtube

Breathless

The following was written as part of my contribution to the Abydos Summer Writing Academy I am participating in. Please feel free to offer any constructive criticism, as I will b

No New Phone for Me

These past few months, I've been seriously considering HOW to get a new phone and/or provider for my family. If it was just me, there wouldn't be a problem...I'd already have switc

Phone Quest

You know, after writing that long post yesterday about my phone selection process which really helped me clarify my thi

Julin on the Go

It's great to have "famous" relatives...here's one featuring Julin, who is my eldest brother's daughter being featured in a commercial: [City Bank

Remembering Grandpas

Thanks to David Warlick, I found out about Dumpr.net, which has some awesome effects for photos. To celebrate the disc

Policy Adherence Beef with AT&T

Back in February, 2009, I approached my local AT&T store with money burning a hole in my pocket. I'd already tried an older Blackberry (free) and decided that I didn't quite like t

Dear Daughter...About Facebook

Dear Daughter, Allow me to affirm your decision to NOT get a Facebook account, even though I have often encouraged you to reach out and embrace social media tools to construct an a

First Act of New Year 2009

The first act of 2009? Get the dog groomed. I'm not sure WHY I scheduled this to happen on New Year's Day, but hey, it was done. Before: [![](

Panamanian Empanada Recipe

One of my favorite foods from my childhood is the Panamanian empanada. This empanada holds spicy ground meat inside of it and is a joy to eat! Unfortunately, my previously posted b

In Memoriam - 1 Year Later

Note: This post was written a long time ago. I'm transferring it here from my old blog address. My Dad died of lung cancer in October, 2006 and the original blog entry (shown