Today in faculty meeting, I was a bit underwhelmed by the proceedings…so I took out a piece of paper and began a list of words and phrases that followed a stream of consciousness; beginning with what was immediately in front of me…a cup of Earl Grey Tea.
With Valentine’s Day approaching, I was thinking of my beloved–and most connections are in some way shared with her…I know that many (maybe most) of the connections will not be obvious, but they are logical, I promise. Maybe I’ll post another entry that explains the list…or you can ask Pamela about them.
Earl Grey Tea
Captain Jean Luc Picard
Inner Light
Whistle
Flook
Old Towne School of Folk Music
Violin Lessons
Edith Fridley
Tow Truck
IKEA
Cinnamon Rolls
Butter
Shortbread
Bagpipes
Amazing Grace
Slave Coast, Ghana
Luke 4:18 – 19
Tambourines
Dancing
November 15, 1992
Breakers Retirement Home
Blouses and Buttons
Wedding Cake
1 Corinthians 13
The Bond of Perfection
Faith, Hope and Charity Stained Glass Window (somewhere in England)
Hard Cider
“A Punch” (translated: A puncture)
Rebels
Drums by James Boyd
The kid’s bedtime
9:30 pm “coffee-house”
Spanish tutor
Curfew
Mr. J’s
Sauerkraut
Best friend’s dinner table
Boxing
Paul Rader
NIU
Articles on tape (read by Pamela with surprise messages from the kids sprinkled in)
$1.45 with an empty tank and toll-booths
Chicago Ave
“Every heartbeat bears your name…”
Quilts and paintbrushes
Hi-Fi and Banjo
Black and White TV
Star Trek
“Earl Grey, Hot.”
I am grateful for my bride who has traveled so many of these life paths with me. The memories are sweet, the company is sweeter.
Happy Valentine’s Day.
- Lego
I was a little worried about what “Inner Light” meant, I didn’t know about the best-friend’s-dinner-table/boxing connection, and I’m glad for the reminder about the time we had an IKEA mattress on the roof of our van when we needed a tow. But I can only be impressed, my man, at how much ground you covered.
How about:
Ground covered
Snow
Frozen Pipes
Handwashing cloth diapers
Baby Elephant
Faculty cruise in my favorite maternity outfit
Valentine’s Day cruise attempt
Ice flows
Choppy waves and a lame reference to the Karate Kid
Lake Shore Drive
Each of our newborns
Each of our not-so newborns
Snow fort
Ground covered
It’s nowhere near as comprehensive, but it’s not my blog.
Strawberry Pancakes
Uncle Tutujani’s
Much Ado About Nothing
Three-Peat
Computer
Time to shut down and come to bed.
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