Smiling Jesus, mind

smiling Jesus painting
This made my week.

What makes Jesus smile?

Gotta say, this is beyond my understanding.

But if pressed to share some ideas…

Love…

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Glacier checklists day 2, mind

Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park West entrance and Red Bus.
Glacier National Park entrance sign
Glacier National Park, St Mary (South-Eastern entrance).
Glacier Park Mountain Goat family
Glacier Park Mountain Goat family on Mt Oberlin trail, August 2018.

Glacier checklists, day two.

Two types:

  1. Organized and written down.
  2. Some intuitive, only in my head.

Searched my Apple Notes App for previous Glacier first-timer communications.

All my notes are relatively unhelpful. They were composed to offer help to friends in deciding whether or not to visit.

What i need to ‘recompose’ is what to expect once you have your plane ticket and hotel reservation.

The one ‘keeper’ list item that i copied and pasting here:

Expectations: Have fun. Stay safe. Mind-blowing hiking.

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Glacier checklists, mind

Glacier National Park - The Crown of the Continent
Glacier National Park – The Crown of our Continent.

Glacier checklists.

Have a bunch.

Some organized and written down.

Some intuitive and only in my head.

i’d like to sort them out and document them.

Why?

To easily share them, if needed or wanted.

The catalyst for “why now” after all these years?

Later this month we head to Glacier for (only) a month.

And…

The third week we’re there, friends and first-time Glacier visitors will be joining us for eight nights.

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July 1, 2026, mind

Garden state parkway sign
Heading East, then South. Sometimes my patience ‘heads South’ when i don’t (never) want it to.

What’s one thing that’s surprised you about summer 2026?

How my patience seems to be more easily tested at this life-stage. Would have thought all my mental control would make it nearly impossible to get rattled by any number of things.

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Wildcard day, mind

AMC Theater theater number two
Our theater to watch Toy Story 5 premiere. Two. Two blogs in one day. No problem. Child’s play.

What’s a blogging challenge few, if any, know about?

The administrative stuff behind the scenes.

Which probably doesn’t exist for bloggers not writing and linking five daily, differently-themed blog posts.

Today’s posts are entitled: Wildcard day.

Why?

Because i’m writing two posts today, June 30th. One will publish August 30 and the other August 31.

This happens every year. It’s a detail i’m writing about to remind myself when this day comes.

When June 30 arrives, i need to get to write two posts in a single day.

This helps me stay on track with the writing and publishing calendar.

Note: This will correct itself on July 23 (and 24).

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