Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark A grand experiment My grandsons from New Jersey are in town. They are 3 ½ and almost 5, not quite Irish twins, but pretty close. I’m biased, but they are cute, each in his own way. The younger one is still clingy with his mother, Jackie. After all, this is …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark The crossroads Another mass shooting, possibly number 305 in half of a year. That’s more than one per day. The talking heads are saying the same things about the crisis of slaughters in our United States. We already know that these tragedies are facilitated by the use of rapid fire, …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark A reunion It’s the Fourth of July weekend and friends and family have traveled to be at a reunion – part family and part good friends. I was invited, so off I went to Blackburn Park in Webster Groves in search of a pavilion full of familiar faces. I parked …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark “Your lifestyle” In our book, “Kaleidoscope Diaries”, Sheila and I both wrote stories about being gay, sandwiched between other truthful tales about our lives. We did talk about the significance of being totally honest and putting it all out there for our readers. We decided that at our age we …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Toddler-in-chief Once again, I was at work while something monumental went on in the January 6 hearings. I got the gist of it on my radio on my way home: 45’s actions on 1/6 were those of an out of control tyrant. His niece, Mary, has written a book about him …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark A precious visit This week is my mother’s dream week. Both Jackie and Ted will be in St. Louis over the 4th of July. It is a rare occasion when they are both here at the same time and I am anticipating the time we will spend together. Also, Jackie is …
06/25/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark Leave us alone! Yesterday I was especially busy at work. I did see the notification on my phone that SCOTUS had undone Roe v. Wade. It was a gut punch but I really didn’t have time to react, or call any of my sister-friends to start processing what this really means …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark The hearings Who among us hasn’t watched at least a little of the January 6 hearings? In my brief experience, that’s all it takes to make my blood boil. The amount of planning for the bloody day is being made crystal clear by the evidence and the witnesses. I listen …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Laughter The biggest gift my mother gave me was her sense of humor. She had the kind of funniness that was subtle and dry and a little sarcastic at times. She could tell a funny story like nobody’s business. I like to think that the acorn, me, didn’t fall too …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Voices Yesterday I was fiddling around with a new little speaker for a computer. I bought it for less than $20 so I wondered about the sound quality. At the same time, Jan was listening to music on her phone, so we decided to give the speaker a try. If you’ve …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark A busy day It’s my usual getting up time, around 5:00 or 5:30 AM. I can’t seem to break myself of that habit, but it works well for me because I am a morning person. As the day moves on my energy wanes. Today is not the day to run …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Himself has a birthday Thirty-seven years ago today my son, Ted, was born. He announced his birth quietly, mostly because I woke up in the middle of the night appalled that I had wet the bed. It took a few minutes to register that my water had broken. You’d think …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Anniversaries Jan and I have two anniversaries. We were living in New Mexico, a state that made gay marriage legal on December 19, 2013. I remember that day. I came home from work and Jan was weeping over the announcement in the New Mexican newspaper that reported on this significant …
06/07/22 Lynn Murphy Mark The waiting room The words emergency room and triage naturally go together. As we entered the ER it was obvious that the joint was jumping and the wait would be long. After all we were able to walk in under our own steam. Jan has a weird thing going on with …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Suffer the children Another translation of Matthew 19:14 says “Let the little children come to me…” The rampant gun violence in this country, however, lends itself to the alternate translation, “Suffer the children to come to me…” The airwaves are full of heart wrenching testimony about the last hours and …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Why do we pray? Last night I was at my Prayer Chaplain monthly meeting. Prayer Chaplains in Unity churches are available, usually after the Sunday service, to pray with anyone who needs to pray about…just about anything. At our meetings, however, we spend a little time asking for prayers for …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Sunday morning church If it’s Sunday, it must be my day for formal worship in a church building. I didn’t always feel this way. Not until a perfect storm of circumstances happened did I start a habit of attending services once a week. I was 34 and I had a …
06/02/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark Back in the saddle again Tuesday this week I worked my first full day as a part time employee at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. I spell out the name of this organization because I want to spread the word about the work that is done in this old building on …
05/30/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark A Navy man I seldom write about my father. The relationship I had with him was complicated. So much of it hinged on his serious alcoholism that started well before I was born and didn’t stop until I was 20, when alcoholic dementia helped him forget how to drink. He paid …
05/27/2022 Lynn Murphy Mark That old time rock and roll This morning as I scroll through the news postings, I decide I simply can’t do it anymore right now. I realize that is a luxury that is not available in Uvalde, Texas, today and for the foreseeable future. There is no place to put the …
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