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 Man, how time keeps getting away from me. Is it May already? I was looking over my 2024 New Year's Resolutions and I am not even close. Went to the doctor on Monday and I have lost a whole pound since the end of 2023. Which was not the only bad news.    Well... doctors don't tell you real news, but giving you referrals and ordering tests isn't good news. Always comforting to know that there is an MRI in my immediate future to look forward to.   

Finally, I got to go to my local coffee shop (Colonial Cafe, Mt. Holly, NJ) to get some great coffee and try to get some writing in. Unfortunately, it took until the last day of my vacation to do this when my hope was to do this every day.   My New Year's resolution was to write every day, but I haven't even come close. 😒😒   Work is filling up so much of my time and energy that I have little of either for anything else. My devotional time has been primarily listening to sermons and lectures on the radio or on my phone. This is not acceptable. God deserves what is right, not what is left ( over), or so the expression goes.

having some fun on Pi day 2024!

Big Rusty and me. I finally went to see a local art installation that I had seen reports on. Big Rusty by Thomas Dambo A 20-foot troll made of recycled trash was installed in Hainesport, NJ, only about 4 miles from my home. Driving down a dirt road from Route 38 East there are no signs that point the way, so the approach is somewhat intimidating. It makes me think of the stories I have read about where the GPS directs people to drive over cliffs, down pedestrian walkways or other places that are not for automobiles. But when you come to the clearing in the woods you can’t miss the installation. When I got to the location there was what looked to be a photo shoot going on with two hot rods, Others were using Big Rusty as a backdrop. These guys even had a drone working shooting video of them taking still photos. Big Rusty seems to be slightly reclining and appears to be leaning on top of an abandoned one-story building. Which is a graffiti filled s...