Amazed

 Surprised by the fact that after the cancer diagnosis five years ago, I am still plugging away. Terminal. Under home hospice care. Yet still here. Goals for particular events I feel I need to reach keep showing up, God be praised.

I have a goal right now to do a massive knowledge dump on my son regarding the family cabin, as only I and my father know how things work. Poor kid. Maybe his son, Max, will pick it up by osmosis, too. He says he doesn’t like camping, so we will see if he enjoys spending time on the Ridge.

My family and friends are amazingly supportive, especially my beautiful wife, who cares for me every day, with everything that I need. My old friend, Steve, flew into town a few months back in order to spend some time with me. My best friend, Murray, drove here from Cortez CO and stayed a few days. My brother, Law, and his wife are nearby and stay in close contact. My parents, I think, don’t know exactly what to say or do. Understandable. It’s horribly unfair of me to go first to be with the Lord.

I wish I had discovered profound things to relate about life here, but y’all will have to settle for picking the crumbs out of the gravel of everything laid down in this blog over the years. There is some there. There must be. I am nearly sure of it.

Love to all and sundry. Still here. 

The Art of the Deal by Donald J Trump

 Quotable quotes:

“real entrepreneurs all seemed to go to Wharton: Saul Steinberg, Leonard Lauder, Ron Perelman—the list goes on and on.”

“Somewhere out there are a few men with more innate talent at golf than Jack Nicklaus, or women with greater ability at tennis than Chris Evert or Martina Navratilova, but they will never lift a club or swing a racket and therefore will never find out how great they could have been. Instead, they’ll be content to sit and watch stars perform on television.”

“…my father was always very focused and very ambitious. Most of his co-workers were happy just to have a job. My father not only wanted to work, he also wanted to do well and to get ahead. Finally, my father just plain loved working. From as early as I can remember, my father would say to me, ‘The most important thing in life is to love what you’re doing, because that’s the only way you’ll ever be really good at it.’”

The Great Re-read

 I am working my way through some of my favorite series right now, givng up on chasing new bis for the moment.

Began with Butcher’s Dresden Files, then moved on to Ilona Andrews Kate Daniels, and I am a couple f books into Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson. 

Some of the other series I want to read are not readily available through the local library, so I may have to spend some money if I get serious.

Top Dogs

 I suppose I ought to list some of the books that I have enjoyed over the years, that are perhaps not in a series.

In no particular order:

Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein

Glory Road, Robert Heinlein

Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny

Isle of the Dead, Roger Zelazny

The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien

Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss

Old Man’s War, John Scalzi

The Forever War, Joe Haldeman

Star Dance, Spider Robinson

Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card

The Last Centurion, John Ringo