THE END OF AN ERA

Last evening we attended our grand-daughter's 5th grade graduation at Trinity Lutheran School in Lincoln. There were wonderful messages from Principal Kumm & Pastor Wing. Students received awards, their grade school portfolios, & a present from the PTL. Hadley received some nice awards. It's the end of an era. We've been attending programs, concerts, & events at Trinity since Brianna, our 17-year-old granddaughter, was a pre-schooler there. We are grateful that Craig & Sarah have provided a Christian education for Hadley. We are grateful for her teachers. We are grateful that she will be headed to Lincoln Lutheran for Middle School this next year. Trinity has been a blessing for our children & grandchildren.

ROAD TRIP

Tomorrow Lois & I are heading for Missouri. My St. Paul's College High 50th Reunion is this weekend. I'm looking forward to reconnecting with classmates, although I'll admit to being a little anxious. Five years ago, at our 45th reunion, I was in a fairly dark place. I was suffering from depression & anxiety, still reeling from having left my position at Lutheran High Northeast. I'm afraid I didn't make a good impression on my classmates.

WHAT I'M READING

I finished reading "The General vs. the President:  McArthur & Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War," by H.W. Brands. I'd rate it as above average.

I've started reading "In the Garden of the Beast:  Love, Terror, & an American Family in Hitler's Berlin," by Erik Larson. I've read & enjoyed some of his previous books. "The Devil in the White City:  A Sage of Magic & Murder at the Fair that Changed America" [It's about a serial murder & the World Exposition in Chicago, back in 1893.]; & "Dead Wake:  The Last Crossing of the Lusitania." [It's about the event that helped draw the U.S. into World War I. Both books were excellent reads.

AN EARLY MOTHER'S DAY TREAT

Lois & I had supper at Black Cow Fat Pig in Norfolk last FRI. We shared a spinach & artichoke appetizer, which was good. She had salmon, which she rated as very good. I had BBQ pork ribs, which I rated as excellent.

BIRTHING PARENTS DAY

"With Birthing Parents Day over, families prepare for Lawnmowing Persons Day."  Babylon Bee

CRIMINAL MINDS

"COPS:  Man attacked mom with taser on Mother's Day." Drudge Report, 5/11.

SMARTPHONES

"Smartphone now 'place where we live,' anthropologists say." Ditto

DEPT. OF SHAMELESS JOKE-STEALING *

* Courtesy of Reader's Digest, Feb. 2021

"My husband & I get along better since realizing how much our yelling upsets the dog."