CAPTURED MOMENTS

It has been said a picture is worth a thousand words.

Today we’ll let the pictures do (most of) the talking.


















I have captured many moments with this old camera. Examples below.

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Taken from a bridge spanning the river Maas in The Netherlands





















Outside our hotel in Maastricht




















Taken just outside my studio window



















A meadow high in the Rocky Mountains

















After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
–Huxley



















A great climb





















A great day in Central Park



















A great dog



















A great scene


























A great father-in-law


















A great wife


















Great truth

SECRET ADMIRER?

On the radio show this morning I mentioned something I had read that surprised me. Supposedly, 15% of women in the United States send themselves flowers on Valentine’s Day. I find that a little hard to believe. Not that there would be anything wrong with doing that. Though I would imagine it could lead to some fabrication.

Imagine you’ve sent yourself a dozen roses at your office. The delivery person comes to drop them off. The other folks at work would have a hard time not noticing the beautiful bouquet. As they pass by your desk they can’t help but be curious so they ask the obvious question, “those are so beautiful...who sent them?”

What do you say then?

I was thinking you’d be tempted to lie. I mean, come on, sending yourself flowers is one thing. Admitting you sent yourself flowers...well, I was thinking that would be a bit embarrassing.

Our producer, Mrs. Grant, came up with a way around the need for prevarication in such circumstances.

CLICK HERE if you’d like her help with that potentially awkward situation.


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SURPRISE

Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
- Czech Proverb

Unbeknownst to me, my wife has been sneaking around. I had no idea. I was stunned. She had never done anything like this before so I was caught completely off guard. I was blindsided, just as she had planned.

She threw me a surprise birthday party.

We walked into a restaurant after church Sunday ostensibly to meet a friend for lunch. Sort of a spur of the moment get together. We walked in and my wife got to the hostess before me and said something I couldn’t hear. The hostess then walked us through the restaurant toward the back where we turned a corner into a private room filled with a few dozen friends all waiting to surprise me. And surprise me they did. I was floored. It was wonderful.

It was a bit crowded in the room so people had to squeeze in to fit around the tables. Still, it was great. I looked around at all the friends and wondered at my good fortune.

Jay Leno once said, “Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you are your true friends. The rest aren’t bad people; they’re just acquaintances.” I believe everyone gathered for the party would not only drive me to the airport (because, after all, that might only mean they are anxious to get rid of me) but would also pick me up upon my return.


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