On December 28, 2016 Debbie Reynolds died – the day following her daughter’s, Carrie Fishers death. Debbie was 84 and Carrie was 60 and both of them exhausted their lives – they had to dance. Continue reading “Let Me Tell You a Story 4 – “Gotta Dance!””
Author: A. David Thomas
US 7 – Looney Leapers
One night, in the winter of 1990, two of my son’s, Steve and Dave, “hit me up” with a request. They had an appointment in the middle of the Hite Marina bridge, in the morning, and they needed a ride. Now the little community of Hite sits at the end of Lake Powell about thirty miles below Hanksville, Utah. Hite’s principle function is to serve as an oasis in the middle of nowhere in the off season, and a boat launch in the summer. The Hite Marina bridge is impressive. Continue reading “US 7 – Looney Leapers”
Let Me Tell You a Story 3 – Leaping Lepers or “Why Sit we Here until we Die?”
The scriptures have great stories in them, many can be found in just a few verses – this story is one of them.
The Four Lepers by William Brassey Hole (7 November 1846 – 22 October 1917).
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US 6 – The Grandpa and Grandma Thomas
When grandparents enter the door, discipline flies out the window.
~Ogden Nash Continue reading “US 6 – The Grandpa and Grandma Thomas”
US 5 – The Grundy Clan – George Raymond Grundy and Sarah Hughes Grundy
Grandfathers are just antique little boys. ~Author Unknown
Grandpa Grundy’s life was totally Dickenesque – think Oliver Twist.
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Now That’s Interesting 3 – Ebenezer and Remembering
This is one of my Favorite parts of the Movie Musical Scrooge. Just watch –
“To begin again.”
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US 4 – Holes and Empty Spaces – Vacuums of Information.
Nature abhors (Hates) a Vacuum. An empty space in our knowledge will also be filled in with truth or a best guess. When you asking questions of those who have gone ahead you yearn for the missing parts of the puzzle.
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Now That’s Interesting 2 – The Arc of a Life.
Each of us are somewhere on this Arc or Curve of life. I don’t know which of the last two I am, but to give you a sense of where I started do you remember Spike Jones and the City Slickers or Sid Ceasar and Imogene Coca? Continue reading “Now That’s Interesting 2 – The Arc of a Life.”
Let Me Tell You a Story 2 – Dancing with the Dark Angel
It is Six in the morning and I’m struggling to get back to sleep. My “Soul Voice” (1.) isn’t happy with me and it is gruffly telling me “Tis not too late to seek a newer world.” But there is another darker voice.
I know my mind, and when it gets like this trying to sleep is a waste of time. So I am up and tuning in on the signals buzzing in my head. I am trying to find the courage and the commitment I need to pick up the proverbial gauntlet that my best self has been incessantly throwing at my feet. But the dark voice hovers. Continue reading “Let Me Tell You a Story 2 – Dancing with the Dark Angel”
US 3 – I am That Dave Thomas
My name is A. David Thomas. The “A” is for Alvin. I’m currently 73 years old and have spent my life being a husband, a father and “A Teacher.” I really have had a wonderful life (That was movie quote – there will be many more). Continue reading “US 3 – I am That Dave Thomas”