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Today we did a thing. Somehow our spice shelf… well, somehow the salt and pepper and garlic decided it must’ve been a festive atmosphere, so they invited a few friends who invited a few friends who invited a few… Well, you get where I’m headed. And what the heck do you put tarragon on anyway!!!???!!!… Read more

Didja ever just have a song pop into your head out of the blue… Just WHAM, there it is (wouldn’t it be weird if they’d have been the ones that sang it! … Just sayin’!)? Well… that’s what happened to me today. A song from a band that I didn’t really even like or listen… Read more

Ok… This is gonna be a bit different ‘cause the Spirit does what the Spirit does. 🙂 To give a little context I need to share how these devotionals come together. When we say “Observational Ministry”… we mean it!!! Lil’ Ole Me will be doing… well… whatever… when the Spirit nudges me with a “God… Read more

Growin’ up in the 70’s was a super cool time… We had a lot of toys that were… well… let’s just say we’d definitely keep them out of the reach of lil’bit today. But back then the motto “what don’t kill ya makes ya stronger” seemed to make sense. My favorite “Action Figures” (hey, boys… Read more

Ya know… way back in the olden days — when phones flipped and didn’t have Angry Birds or TikTok — we would actually go out into the wild of a city and… gulp… not take a water bottle with us everywhere!!!! I know… what were we thinking!!!! But when we did think it was going… Read more

Bein’ a history buff means a few things. First, my wife has the strongest eyeballs and the most patience south of the Mississippi (for putting up with my incessant need to watch “just one more” documentary on underwater basket-weaving of the 19th century). Next, learning that the more things change, the more they stay the… Read more

Here’s a fun fact … I used to DJ … I know … I know … Hard to believe that I’d be able to talk in front of people without getting nervous and act a fool, right … Wow … Some days it feels like it was a lifetime ago and other days it feels… Read more

Ok… Microsoft just changed my Outlook on the day (ha! See what I did there? 😊). I was notified of a birthday coming up tomorrow for someone who joined the Church of New Jerusalem a few years back. Just seeing the reminder brought back a ton of memories. I had served on the Christian Education… Read more

2+3=5 … Easy Peasy Lemon Squeazy … It’s why I love math … No matter how you look at it, it always comes up the same … Even if 3 doesn’t like 2 that day … Or if 2 is feelin’ grumpy or if 5 was late for work … They all know their place… Read more

We live in a modern Florida home… which means the front door only gets used when the car isn’t. (Does that make sense?) … No, we can’t park cars in the garage — that’s our storage area / workshop / laundry room / everything-else room. I wouldn’t be surprised if aliens popped out and yelled… Read more

Ya dig the hat? C’mon… admit it. You know you do. 😊 I’ve had folks ask why i wear these things … And, yes, i do know that they aren’t quite the height of fashion .. Especially with the rest of my wardrobe.  But hey, as i’ve been told … Cecil is … Um …… Read more

Yesterday I was huntin’ and gatherin’ dinner (yeah yeah, I picked up pizza 😄). When I walked into our favorite local spot, the ZzZa guy asked if it was for pickup. I said, “Yup, for John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt.” (Not the first time that name has come out of my mouth at an eatery.) He… Read more

Who do you work for ??? (stick with me and see if that answer changes at the end 😊 ) Ok … I just looked … 4,429 and 75,319 … Add them up and that’s how many pictures i have (not counting what we took this past vacation) in my two “picture stores” on my… Read more

One of my most favoritests parts of goin’ on vacation is seeing new things and meeting new people (shocker, i’m a talker!) … Add to that our Niece being a pastor at a church, well, that’s a MUST DO stop on the RiceMobile2026VacationORama … Then she went and did something that i hadn’t planned …… Read more

Today’s observation and nudge from the Spirit started because of an awesome interaction from a customer service helper … A “happiness engineer” from the cloud if you will … (i wonder how often THAT sentence would ever be made without someone being paid!) … If only we could have someone in the cloud that could… Read more