This week has had a dark cloud over it. We’ve all been shocked and saddened by the sudden loss of Dirk. Just coming to his 64th birthday, he and Susan have been talking about their retirement and planning for the years to follow. Suddenly Susan has been planning Dirk’s funeral and trying to grasp what…
Tag: death
William Shakespeare
This is presumed to be William Shakespeare’s birthday though the date of his birth was not recorded only his baptism. But the world goes on to celebrate today his birth. He was married at 18 to Anne Hathaway (no not that Hathaway) who was 26 at the time. William was only 18. William died on…
George Beverly Shea
I wonder how many people have a George Beverly Shea story? I have heard many already since the news of his passing. At 104 his life has spanned not only an immense number of years, but it has also spanned an immense number of generations. I pick the word generations because family generations have been…
Hybrid Thoughts 