I was proud today. (April 11, 2026) I don’t often sit around feeling proud, but this morning I did. Thanks to Breitbart News, I was […]
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Things that randomly pop into my head.
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Many automation communications users in our area from days gone by will probably recognize this building. At one time it was Wireless Data Communications, then […]
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Some years ago while vacationing on the West Coast of Scotland, I picked up a book entitled,The Killing Of The Red Fox: An Investigation into […]
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Watching the second of our two live-streamed services on a recent Sunday morning, one of the speakers at Quentin Road Baptist Church in Lake Zurich […]
Continue readingThe value of quietness…
These words from the chorus of Paul Simon’s outstanding work from an earlier time spoke to me recently. “Hello darkness, my old friend I’ve come […]
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In the subject line of a recent email, Shipmate Frank used the word ponder. It’s a word not often used. But when I see or […]
Continue readingThe closing….
Today (Dec 12) is closing day. Closing on the sale of the building that was our business home for 39 years. There were lots of […]
Continue readingA feeling of sadness for a friend…
In the long-distant mists of time the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland were home to an inventive and industrious people.They produced an amber liquid […]
Continue readingThe seasons come, the seasons go….
As Mrs. Ukens and I sat at the dining room table on a recent cool morning enjoying our morning coffee, (A cup of coffee with […]
Continue reading“…the time will come…”
In the Sunday morning message (10/19/2025) at Pathway Church in Wichita, the Pastor commented on Second Timothy 4 1-5. This caused me to think about […]
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