Category: Journal
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Full flag closure
Today we learned that the flag initiative people who filed the lawsuit voluntarily withdrew their suit yesterday. (I expect their lawyers convinced them after the ring in the injunction that it was a lost cause.) that means the whole issue is closed. Their initiative has officially been declared insufficient and will not be on the…
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Surprise visit
At lunch today Mom told me that yesterday afternoon her doorbell rang and some guy who wasn’t acting quite like a salesman was standing on her doorstep—it was Ken. I heard the words and then realized what she said and I was speechless. I couldn’t believe Ken showed up in Utah unexpectedly. Apparently his company…
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Flag closure
It may not be technically closed but the lawsuit about the flag (anti-flag) initiative that I have been following got a ruling from the judge today denying their request for a preliminary injunction. The ruling was such that it hints strongly that the larger case with 7 claims of infringement on their first amendment rights…
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A day of rest
After 2 days of running extra (movie, temple trip, and birthday party all in 26 hours) I finally chilled today. Now we have 2 days for the kids to acclimate to daylight savings time before they go back to school. Notes Brother Clemens said that when he forgets to read his Scriptures in the morning…
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Family sealings
Laura and I went to do sealing with Mom, Bill, and Lisa this morning. Mom had a family that were all ready to be sealed—6 children to be sealed to their parents after the parents were sealed (and the mother was sealed to her parents). With the 5 of us and the 5 other people…
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Satisfying
Laura and I went to see Dune: Part Two for our date tonight. We watched part 1 two weeks ago and I’m glad we did because it meant that I wasn’t catching up after forgetting the earlier part of the story. We came out of there with absolutely no complaints even though we expected them…
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End of term
Tomorrow is the end of the term for the Junior High and with Noah actually trying to get good grades we have a situation we haven’t faced in several years—he’s starting up late to finish some homework that’s due. I guess that’s a good problem to have.
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Another puzzle piece
Yesterday I talked about having 5 low-stakes social gatherings for the neighborhood in 5 different locations. I suggested 5 potential locations and noted 3 existing gatherings that we consistently do plus I suggested a couple of other locations/times. Today I saw a post on Facebook about a gathering I didn’t think to include yesterday —…
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Caucus report
Despite my long running reservations with the Utah GOP I registered as a Republican to attend caucus night again for one purpose: to vote against Trump. (The party decided to hold the vote on caucus night rather than in a primary where more people would participate.) As I was there listening to the party platform…
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Building community – an actionable idea
I saw a post by Scott Wessman on X today that I declared was the most valuable thing anyone would read on X today. He was talking about the importance of “low-stakes social gatherings.” Not only did he describe why they were important but also why they have dwindled and what the key features were…