Glenndeavour

And those we loved,The lovliest and the bestThat from his vintagerolling time has pressed,have drunk their cup a time or two before,And one by one crept silently off to rest–Omar Khayyam

Ramona’s late husband, Scott, was raised by his Grandmother, Nanny, who passed away in Michigan yesterday.Ramona flew back to Michigan from Colorado a few months [...]

Officer Nick Erfle was killed in the line of duty in the afternoon of his life. He was killed last week while trying to arrest a man for jaywalking. The man was an illegal alien who had been deported once already.

His six year old son wrote him this letter:

Dear Dad I miss you If you [...]

One English poet said, “if Winter comes can Spring be far behind?”

In Sun City we say, If Summer comes can fall be far behind?

Yes, It can, but this morning there was Fall in the air!

Fall at last, fall at last, thank God,it’s fall at last!

No, I received no banner for the dancing lesson with my Dance Partner, Ethel, but I did end up in Banner, hospital, that is. But let me elaborate.45 years ago I fell backwards and smashend my left elbow. It has given me little or no grief since that date.Three weeks ago Tami in her [...]

Laugh and the world laughs with you,
Weep and you weep alone.
Rejoice and men will seek you,
Grieve, and they turn and go:
They want full measure of your pleasure,
But they do not want your woe.

THE COWBOY’S DREAM

Last night as I lay on the prarie,
And looked ata the stars in the sky
I wondered if ever a cowboy
Would drift to the sweet by and by.

The road to that bright, happy region
Is a dim, nararow trail, so they say
But the broad one that leads to perdition
Is posted and blazed [...]

You should realize that-

If you were busy being kind,Before you knew it, you would findYou’d soon forget to think ’twas trueThat someone was unkind to you.

If you were busy being glad,And cheering people who are sad,Although your heart might ache a bit,You’d soon forget to notice it.-unknown

Yes, I saw High Anxiety and as [...]

Yes, the DBacks won last nights game with the Padres 9 to 6 but there were few moments to sit back and figure that it was a done deal. I’m just so impressed with all the talent that our young team displays that it gladdens my heart. One game ahead in our division-wow!

I will be back in that mood tonight as I attend the D-Back game against the Padres with my son, Dan. The teams are now tied for first place in th Western division and watching the last two games has given me new highs and lows. The teams just don’t beat each others, they beat [...]