Snow
No, not here in Florida. That’s our daughter and son-in-law’s front yard near Ft. Worth, Texas. Our granddaughters are enjoying themselves as school is closed.
Another Ham in the Family
No, not that kind of ham, a ham radio operator. Congratulations to my nephew Jason who went straight to Amateur Extra class, and is now AE7JH. That makes a total of five Amateur Extra class operators in my immediate family, Mom (Myrtle, WB7OIU, who wanted to keep her old call when she made Amateur Extra),…
Flowers from My Dog Walking
I don’t usually post pictures because I’m not a very visual person and I’m definitely not a photographer. But I enjoyed using my Palm Centro phone to take pictures of a few flowers I saw while walking my dog. He’s getting a bit older, so the walk is only about a third of a mile,…
My Desk
People who visit my office, which is in a 12×24 portable building just across the yard, are astounded at the chaos in which I work. So my readers can be astounded in turn, I thought I’d post a picture. That laptop is not my regular work computer which is on a table to the left. …
Family Pride and Amateur Radio
I just got the news that my mother and older sister have passed their Amateur Extra examinations with flying colors. My sister received a 100% grade, making a clean sweep of the exams for her. This makes five extra class amateur radio operators in my immediate family: Dad – Ray Neufeld – KT4B – silent…
The Privilege of Being a Father
On previous Father’s Days I have blogged about my own father or about the experience of becoming a stepfather after 40. But yesterday and today as I received cards, phone calls, e-mails, and text messages I was thinking about what a privilege it is to be a father and to have some part of guiding…
Of Making Many Books
… there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. — Ecclesiastes 12:12 (ASV) I think that will be my new theme text. With four books in process with release dates varying from this coming week to July, and a very small staff with most work done by contract, I have…
The 2009 John Webb Winter Golf Tournament
My stepson John Webb sponsors an annual golf tournament that raises money for the child life program of Sacred Heart Hospital here in Pensacola. The first tournament was held in January of 2003, and the next one will be held January 31, 2009. This year, the tournament comes under the sponsorship of John’s new foundation,…
A Double Holiday
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day, but it is also just a day before my anniversary. Nine years ago, my wife Jody and I joined our lives together. That year it was a Sunday. We chose to have a Sunday wedding, after the church service, and slipped off to our honeymoon. Each Thanksgiving is thus a double…
Amateur Extra
No, not an extra in a movie, Amateur Radio Extra class license. This post should fall under the category of “personal” and “bragging”, but yesterday evening I took and passed the text for my Amateur Extra class license. What does this let me do? Well, pretty much nothing that I couldn’t do already, and wasn’t…