Health Update It was time for my monthly cancer evaluation. Once again, and for which I am deeply grateful, my cancer appears to be in good remission. The most sensitive test for detecting multiple myeloma, the “M-spike” was undetectable. This was good news as last month I had lab finding that could have indicated that I…

An early morning lament: There are days such as this, where I feel so helpless. Impotent yet an observer. A window on a world that has gone mad, for which I can do nothing. I hate suffering. I hate it for myself and for others. I despise it most for the children. Wars, famine, displacement,…

Tonight I uploaded episode 9 of the Healing Hut. In this episode I refinish my French doors, cover up a glulam beam with a 120-year-old Douglas fir timber, pick up a couple of windows, and start the process of building loft railings. Thanks so much for your kindness, interest, and support. Making these videos gives me…

One of the consequences of being a candid person with little filter and sometimes saying confusing or provocative things, I am often misunderstood. That is on me. A well-meaning person recently said, “Mike, I’m sorry someone hurt your feelings and you’re not coming back to church.” I certainly understand, based on what I’ve written here,…

I have started to write this article many times and in many ways. However, I always deleted it in the end because of my fear of being misunderstood. That may be on me. But as the Miranda Rights proclaim, “Anything you say can and will be used against you.” I posted this on my sister-blog,…

Recently I was going through all of our debit card payments, looking forhidden subscriptions that I could cancel. To my surprise, my old blog site,“The Christian Monist” was still active, although I had not postedthere since 2016. The purpose of that site, which I had maintained for more than a decade, wastrying to make sense…

Tomorrow I have my annual visit with my myeloma specialist in the morning and my visit with local oncologist as well as my chemo infusion in the afternoon. I will not know if my cancer is still in remission until my labs are back on Wednesday. I will do another post if there are any…

I have my weekly cottage builing update, a couple of days early to avoid the Christmas rush. This is my first real-time episode, where I filmed as I worked. This segment is about wrapping the cottage in a vapor barrier. This will conclude my heavy lifting epoch of construction as I will be transitioning into…