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Random thoughts:Concerned about an older couple I know, friends of mine for years, who have been tested covid-positive. He's now hospitalized,  she's at home.Moving my "listed and logged" posts to a new blog on a different platform. This is my last here,  being mirrored essentially to there. All future posts will be over there.Prayers, etc.:07:45 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel12:15 - Lk 6:36-3819:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and h...

Random thoughts:I'm so glad I was able to hear President Trump's Speech at CPAC this afternoon.  He looked and sounded fantastic! and having heard him, I now feel much better about the future.Prayers, etc.:06:40 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel10:30 - Mk 9:2-1012:00 - Confronting Temptation - Homily of Fr. Linus Clovis19:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and ev...

Random thoughts:A moment of near panic: the "rabbit ears" antenna attached to the TV back in my room almost didn't pull in a strong enough signal to watch Svengoolie  tonight. But after fiddling with it for a few minutes, it started working.Prayers, etc.:06:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel09:25 - Trust14:30 - MT 5:43-4814:45 - Two sparrows for a farthing - Homily by Fr. Linus Clovis18:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, ...

Random thoughts:Despite waking really early this morning to help Sylvia get off to work early, I've made it through this day in fine form. And tonight I can sleep without setting the alarm. Sweet.Prayers, etc.:04:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel06:00 - Pope Francis' Tower of Babel "Ecumenism" is Globalism11:30 - Mt 5:20-2618:00 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren,...

Random thoughts:Friday morning will start awfully early for me, so I hope this Thursday night's sleep will come early and be restful.Prayers, etc.:06:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel09:00 - The Obama Pope is back - Canon 21217:30 - Mt 7:7-1219:15 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Thu...

Random thoughts:This has been an odd sort of day. I was able to be productive enough, taking care of some unusual chores. but the high tree pollen count (ash, elm, cedar) had me feeling very "out of phase" as it sometimes does. Thank God I've got a good supply of Zyrtec!Prayers, etc.:05:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel08:00 - Canon 212 - Frank Walker's latest 12:30 - Lk 11:29-3219:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my g...

Random thoughts:Amazing how the weather can change. This time last week our roads were impassable with snow and ice, and we had sub-zero temperatures. Today it was sunny and 75 degrees, and tomorrow it may hit 80. Amazing.Prayers, etc.:03:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel17:15 - Mt 6:7-1520:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have respon...

Random thoughts:My morning health metrics were great, and there were no surprises in my financial metrics: good news all around, a nice way to start the week.OTOH the one remaining giant pecan tree in my front yard appears to have a serious problem. I'll be calling the landlord and asking him to send his tree man out to look at it.Prayers, etc.:06:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel08:15 - Mt: 16:13-1920:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter...

Random thoughts:I'm glad NASCAR will be featuring a greater number of road races this year. These things are VERY exciting!Prayers, etc.:06:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel09:30 - Mk 1:12-1520:00 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Sunday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Chri...

Random thoughts:Our  landlord called to see how we are doing check on the condition of the house after this past week of hard weather. He was relieved to hear that everything was okay.Prayers, etc.:02:00 - Pater Noster02:20 - Ave Maria07:30 - Pestilence, Famine, and Earthquakes - homily of Fr. Linus Clovis19:40 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I ...

Random thoughts:Spent much time in the early AM boiling water for our cooking and drinking.Tomorrow morning she returns to work, assuming the streets are safe to drive on. It's been nice having her home all week during this spate of hard weather.Prayers, etc.:06:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel13:40 - Lk 9:22-2520:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyo...

Random thoughts:It is decided: I shall begin assembling what camping gear I have and purchasing what more I need in order to "camp out" here at home in the event of loss of power and water in the future. Once upon a time I did tent camping in Indiana in the winter time, I can sure as shootin' do it here at home if need be!Prayers, etc.:06 40 - Pater Noster08:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel15:10 - Mk 6:1-6,16-1821:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons...

Random thoughts:For those keeping score, the coldest nights of this hard week are now behind us. Sunday night and Monday night saw wind chills well below zero, mighty rare for San Antonio. Up next are the two worst nights for road conditions, tonight and tomorrow night with snow, sleet, and freezing rain.  Prayers, etc.:07:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel13:25 - Mk 8:14-2121:10 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my grandda...

Random thoughts:Good news! Sylvia won't be going to work tomorrow, so I won't need to set my alarms to wake up early in the morning! Prayers, etc.:05:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel10:15 - Mk 8:11-1320:20 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Monday Prayers of the Association of the Aux...

Random thoughts:Hoping everyone will have / is having / had a nice Valentine's Day.Waiting, waiting, waiting for the Daytona 500 to be restarted. Waiting for over five hours so far.Prayers, etc.:08:10 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel19:20 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Sunday Prayers...

Random thoughts:It's cold and getting colder. Glad I can stay inside where it's nice and warm.Prayers, etc.:08:15 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel10:45 - Mk 8:1-1019:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Saturday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.19:45 - The Hour o...

Random thoughts:We're under a Winter Storm Watch here in San Antonio now and until Monday Noon. Bitter cold Sunday night and Monday night with wind chill temperatures below zero until midday Tuesday. Dang!Prayers, etc.:04:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel11:30 - Mk 7:31-3718:00 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from an...

Random thoughts:Weather forecast on my wake-up radio was scary. Rain, freezing rain, snow and very cold over the next several days. Record breaking cold. San Antonio is NOT used to this kind of weather.I'm so glad I've switched my Pharmacy back to Walgreen's from Humana's mail-in service. The folks at Walgreen's are MUCH more efficient and reliable!Prayers:05:25 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel14:20 - Mk 7:24-3019:10 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, m...

Random thoughts:And another good Wednesday in this time of Covid is now in the books.Prayers, etc.:05:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel14:40 - Mk 7:14-2319:40 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Wednesday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.20:00 - The Hour of Vespe...

Random thoughts:Did more research into the current state of Shortwave listening, added two new CC tournaments, got a new Kindle book: all in all, a pretty good day.Prayers, etc.:06:15 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel15:25 - Mk 7:1-1320:50 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Tuesday Prayer...

Random thoughts:What a strange day it's been! The main chores were taken care of, but a couple new ones popped up. One of these is being handled smoothly, and the other... time will tell, but I'm hoping for the best.Prayers, etc.:04:15 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel11:10 - Mk 6:53-5618:05 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibil...

Random thoughts:No Superbowl watching in this house tonight. Sylvia and I watched old movies instead.Prayers, etc.:05:20 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel10:50 - Mk 1:29-3920:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Sunday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.20:45 - The ...

Random thoughts:Wiping the hard drive of my laptop and loading it with a fresh installation of the operating system took much longer to do today than when I've done it in the past. Of course, that laptop is an older machine now. Prayers, etc.:08:15 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel17:42 - Mk 6: 30-3419:20 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I ha...

Random thoughts:Today brought new things: set of coveralls, shortwave radio antenna, it was another good day.Prayers, etc.:05:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel17:10 - Mk 6:14-2920:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Friday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum.20:4...

Random thoughts:Health metrics (body weight, blood pressure) were both surprisingly good this morning. And I feel great. This does make me happy!Speaking of health, I had a surprise tele-health visit with my primary physician today. He was testing new software on his end to use for these visits. Anyway, he said I looked good and sounded good. And he approved of my decision to hold off on getting a covid vaccine for a at least six months or so. It was a good visit.Don't know how often I'll use it...

Random thoughts:Much of this day's activities involved financial matters. None of it bad in any way, just things that took time to research and sort out.Last night's time of silence (no TV, no radio) was so nice I may repeat it tonight. Prayers:06:00 - Prayer to St Michael the Archangel 15:15 - Mk 6:1-619:45 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I hav...

Random thoughts:An evening mostly spent with no TVs or radios playing, just enjoying the silence and the company of my own thoughts, has been so relaxing. I'll need to do this more often.Diet:08:00 - 1 grapefruit 08:30 - bowl of oatmeal10:45 - small garden salad 11:00 - meat loaf,  bread 13:00 - bacon, fried eggs, toast, ice cream 17:15 - salmon, spaghetti, mushrooms, and artichokes Prayers, etc.:06:30 - the Ten Commandments of God10:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel12:45 - Lk 2:22-3218:1...

Random thoughts:SW and MW DXing tonight was fun. Pulled in Radio Havana Cuba SW pretty clearly, but who wants to listen to Cuban Communist propaganda? And that was just off the portable radio's whip antenna here in my room. Wonder what I'll find when I hook a better SW antenna to the radio?Prayers, etc.:12:20 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel15:10 - Pater Noster19:10 - Jn 12:24-2619:50 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my gra...

Random thoughts:Today is Septuagesima Sunday and begins what could be called a Season of preparation for Lent. A season of voluntary penance and fasting.Prayers, etc.:06:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Angel09:30 - Mk 1:21-2818:45 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Sunday Prayers of the Associ...

Random thoughts:Starting my Saturday with Classic Cartoons and mild software frustration. That software frustration caused by human error - mine. I made the dire mistake of touching fingers to keyboard while not yet fully awake.The SEC/Big12 Challenge covered by ESPN this afternoon sure has been providing some exciting basketball games!Prayers, etc.:08:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel10:00 - Mk 4:35-4111:00 - Fr. Richard Heilman's homily for today19:45 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of C...