Your Mission, Should You Decide to Accept It
by decarter
The original series, “Mission: Impossible” originally aired from 1966-1973. The other night, we watched the Tom Cruise remake (1996) complete with Jim Phelps getting his orders via a tape recording that self-destructed. As the cryptic voice on the tape ends,…
A Proximity Prompt
by decarter
I love my iPhone. I love how smart it is and I love it when I cool ways to use it to enhance my life.
Automatic reminders are nothing new. They give me a heads up about appointments or tasks that…
Charity vs. Presence
by decarter
A local friend of mine who has homes for aged-out foster kids told me the other day that she gets calls from well-meaning moms who want to expose their kids to her clients. It just sounded so awful, like they…
Fugitive On The Run
by decarter
I heard the other day of the capture of a wanted man, a fugitive who’d been hiding from law enforcement for over 10 years. Multiple agencies had tried to track him down, but he was always one step ahead. On…
In-N-Out Onesies
by decarter
Some things are just too good to pass up. The perfect infant wear, meet the perfect SoCal burger drive-through.
I had no idea In-N-Out sold onesies that look like a drink cup, but if they had these when my beepers were…
Remember: Yosemite Hikes
by decarter
I remember going camping as a family to Yosemite Valley when I was a kid.
My father, always loved that place…a love that began when he was an international student at Berkeley, spending summers in Yosemite working as a busboy…
Who’s Driving the Bus?
by decarterI would never let my eight year old drive a city bus. That would be ridiculous. Irresponsible. Dangerous.
And yet, there have been times in my life when, in hindsight, that’s exactly what I did….
I’d just landed a great-paying job…
A Kid Trapped in a Grownup Body
by decarterI still remember the Tom Hank’s movie “Big” where his character, a 10-year old boy makes a wish at a freaky carnival game and gets his wish to be big.
The charming movie brings us along as the boy-man navigates through…
Writing Expedition Tribe
by decarter
It is November, and before I knew it, I’m swept along with some writerly friends into NovemberBlogFest.
Apparently some of them challenged each other last May to blog daily. It must have been a smashing success, since they’re up for…
What My Friends Teach Me
by decarter
About once every three months, my friend Cristin Smith gets away to a Benedictine Abbey in Oceanside, CA for time alone to be still before God. This is a fabulous practice and I was fortunate enough to join her this…
