Wild Gray Goose

Winging My Way in Life's Dusk-Light

2012-03-02T08:59:00.000-08:00

I am prompted this morning by my quiet wonderings our of yesterday's event as big expensive medical machines scanned silently for a battle report; my Provenge-trained guys in white hats against the fierce black-hatted prostate cancer thugs. Mostly it's long-forgotten, esoteric writings that give hints of glory found at life's end. I thought it was time for an update. Thus, this morning's

Journaling Wild and Gray

2012-01-24T18:48:00.000-08:00

Don't make too much of the "Gray" thing. Life is bright, exciting, full--too full. "Gray" gives mystical tone to the Wild Goose, the description of the Holy Spirit by my Celtic forefathers. And mystical and myserious and magical and mighty are the wings I follow. Seldom predictable are the glens and glades, the mountains and the valleys, the glistening lakes and the swamplands, He will take

How am I...REALLY?

2012-01-11T07:50:00.000-08:00

My blogging sabbatical now over, I find myself a wee bit guilty about not keeping my Wild Gray Goose pals up to date. I affirm "Wild." This has been a wild, wild and wonderful time, these last few months for this cowboy and his bride. Halted writing Generational Fathering and spent our time, energy, a some of our limited (very) wealth with our extraordinary family, Matt and Cari (daughter)

GRAY GOOSE GETS WINGS OF HOPE

2011-10-24T08:40:00.000-07:00

Well, okay, I agree: Time to update the winged saga of the Gray Goose, sometimes feeling like an old Coot*. Friends follow their greeting these days with "How are you?" They didn't use to ask, not so intently and sincerely at least. "Fine," I say, wishing I could explain that. Maybe I should hand out a small printed paper. Prostate Cancer is a strange bird. A Crow, a Raven, maybe.

MYSTERIOUS AND WONDROUS

2011-07-18T20:33:00.000-07:00

Pretty much sums it up, Mysterious and Wondrous. That date just below, April 14, should read today, July 18. I liked reading what I sensed in the journey back then. The mystery is in the Sovereign Father's gracious care over me compounding the mystery of Prostate Cancer. Don't feel a thing. It's the monster lurking in the shadows. But as death has no sting, Grace tames the monster. While it

PASSING...NOT AWAY BUT ON

2011-04-14T11:54:00.000-07:00

Following the call of the Wild Goose frames the way early Celtics saw God's leading, His Holy Spirit. That quiet, haunting, clear call comes from within for those indwelt by that Spirit. Rebirth through Jesus, our Savior, assures the Goose has nested, though He never rests. Then there is life's long journey to consider...actually our lives are a very short trail when looking back from its

WILD AND GRAY STILL

2011-03-18T19:42:00.000-07:00

This is sort of a homecoming. I've been away. Not "from" but "to." To the family, to the core of my heart, to my family and the legacy I want to leave. The cancer only plays a small part. Prostate cancer is slow stuff. The treatment is sort of funky, but tolerable. NOT RIDING OFF INTO THE SUNSET ANY TIME SOON. What centers my attention is the book. The book is what I am doing to capture

I TALKED TO SOME ELDERLY PEOPLE ABOUT SIGNIFICANCE

2011-01-13T23:54:00.000-08:00

I keep looking around to spot the "elderly" that news bites talk about. Whoever they are, they are much older than I. But that reference did bring a chuckle tonight to a room full of "elderly" at an RV resort Bible study. We were talking about how significant the remainder of our short life can still be. "Finishing well" we call it. Take a moment to reflect. Some of us at the latter stages

ODD THING, THIS "BUCKET LIST"

2010-12-23T06:49:00.000-08:00

Yikes! Oct 26 my last post? Odd. This one of the three I participate in is my favorite. Few visit; sorta private. This would leave you to believe I'm delinquent or dead. Not yet; "dead" that is. Guilty on "delinquent." May I explain? Been caught up in my passion...legacy building. It's my swan song, my "finishing well" focus. It's living with the grandwonderkind, daughter and soninlaw

WHEN THE ONCOLOGIST CALLS AND THE LORD SAYS, "Son, ..."

2010-10-26T09:34:00.000-07:00

Think back on it, even just a little. Do you realized how many times from our youth onward we who know we belong to God's family through our spiritual rebirth talk about "the end"? My most recent "end times" phrase has come allive...so to speak. I pray the author of the ditty they call an epitaph on my tombstone will include it. Yes, it comes from deep within my personal and spiritual DNA; "

CLASS REUNION MESSAGE: LIFE IS SHORT, HARD AND ...

2010-10-17T08:03:00.000-07:00

I never said this when I was young. Especially in high school. Then comes the 50+ year reunion. Darick, our son dying at 31, my brother, Craig, in late 20's, a war hero; they didn't say it. But I did after they passed; "Life is short, life is hard, life is unfair, and it's end is uncertain." I should add, to return the smiles to reunion bliss, maybe in bold type, too, "life can be wondrous

WHEN A FRIEND ASKS A SIMPLE QUESTION: "How's it going?"

2010-09-29T08:55:00.000-07:00

None of us need walk alone on our way to the Wedding. Though the Groom awaits, the journey there is anything but smooth. Got a note this morning. "How's it going?" He's a friend. A good one. Never "met" him, though. Except electronically, and that was through mutual comrades in the Ransomed Heart Net online-sphere. Then our similar blogs Strategic Fathering. I knew he was my kinda guy

SPOSE THEY'LL FIND HIM...THE "BAD GUY"?

2010-09-14T14:42:00.000-07:00

Dunno. Prolly not. Finding the "Bad Guy," I mean. Caps indicate proper (or, in this case, "improper") noun, a name. The Devil? No, 'he" is really an "it". Confused? So's everyone, even the Urologist and Oncologist. They don't say "confused" because they are paid a lot--A LOT!!--to know stuff but not tell stuff. But their eyebrows lift in response to "Where's it going?" "How far along?

CONTEMPLATING DEATH/LIFE...FOUR GENERATIONS APART

2010-09-09T07:55:00.000-07:00

She almost died. But for immediate, savvy action by her dad, a survivalist and therapist, wee little Charis, faced the end of her life at one year and one week. Way out on the Aquarius primitive campground in Utah's Boulder Mountain, three family groups had a moment of horror. Gathered for breakfast someone noticed Charis was struggling, not breathing. Before panic spread to chaos, dad

HOW DOES A SOVEREIGNTIST DEAL WITH VERY BAD NEWS (or is it?)

2010-08-30T17:43:00.000-07:00

What's the difference in 3.4 and 10.7? Well, if you just turned 70 and the the recent operation for prostrate cancer was suppose to drop the PSA down to below .5, you'd be faced with the challenge that faces me. Is the Lord God Almighty, Maker of Heaven Earth and Commander of Angel Armies paying attention? He's busy. Did this one get by Him? How many points was Calvin? Five? When it

LOVING THE HIGH LEVEL JOURNEY

2010-08-25T17:41:00.000-07:00

One of the great metaphors for the journey of a life along the path of faith is...is...er..ah, a "JOURNEY". I've used it often. I also like to tell of the Walk, the Walk with God. This one turns me even closer to the "Jesus bumps" my mother used to talk about; dare any of us say we are "Walking with God? Yet we can, many do. Can you grasp the ungraspable imagery, can you sense the conundrum

Life's Stuff-flood and Me

2010-08-13T14:14:00.000-07:00

It's a flood. Stuff, I mean. Tides rise, so do rivers. So does stuff. They all ebb, too. Let's do life's stuff-flood for a reflective moment. Mine is a crowded life suddenly. So, I'm taking time over a quick PBJ to reflect. Nevertheless, heart beats fast and axienty crowds my focus. Go over to the blog--we call it a DIAblog--soninlaw, Matt, and I are building for our book. You'll

ALMOST READY FOR PRIME TIME

2010-08-09T23:04:00.000-07:00

Not quite ready for prime time. But ready enough for you to check our interactive blog--we are calling it a DIABLOG. My Web Pal and I are working on it as I pack for a five day, 100 mile trek with Taylor and Matt. In fact, the last blog on www.gendads.com from today is about that trip. And, of course, I make a point about the life of fathering together. Here, as the Wild Gray Goose, I will be

IT'S ABOUT TIME

2010-07-29T09:27:00.000-07:00

Yep, it's about time. The beauty of the English language is it's double entre, odly a French word. It's time we got GENDADS launch. But it's not time. I keep promising, as does my dear friend the Web Guy. He's trying to meet heavy demands and learn me stuff, too. Lots to learn, lots of TIME required. CAN YOU HOLD ON AND STILL SLEEP WELL IF WE LAUNCH IT NEXT WEEK?! And, it's about TIME;

Strawberry--M&M--Oreo Shake...and 12.5

2010-07-23T16:35:00.000-07:00

Ok, we're keeping the wild and gray for this old Goose, but let's pretend the Challenger heading up to rescue the GENDADS site still floating in the blogosphere is serving Strawberry--M&M--Oreo shakes on the way up. That's the hook for the date I conned my grandson, Taylor, in to for going with me for that generational fathering chat. I'm a contributor on the Legacy Dad blog and decided to put

CHALLENGER, WERE SENDING UP A SOLUTION

2010-07-21T21:12:00.000-07:00

Stay glued to your screens Wild Gray Goose fans. New plan. Matt and I are opening an entirely separate blog, we call it a "diablog," to be the active platform for our book, Generational Fathering. GenDads will feature discussions, ideas, musings, and surveys. And, we hope, lots of dialog. We think we have something to share with you out of our lives about fathering--together. We need to hear

HOUSTON, WE HAVE A TEENY WEENY PROBLEM !

2010-07-15T07:45:00.000-07:00

Yeah, like I blew the launch countdown. July 13 came and went. It's like moving all you are and have in to a new community...in another country...time-warped to a future generation, ie., BIG. Yes, I'm up to it. Yes, I'm working it hard. Yes, I am actually eager to get the new blog rolling. Lots and lots to understanding, design, then configure. And the results? Not that much will be

STAND BY FOR LAUNCH

2010-07-10T08:47:00.000-07:00

Stand by. Seriously, stand by for a few days. “Under Construction” sounds so mechanical. Trite, too. But, the new and improved and very active blog of the Wild Gray Goose is nearly ready. Tuesday July 13 sounds like a good launch. I am inviting—no, urging—you to return in a couple of days. Why? I’ve spent three weeks digging in to the social media phenomenon—yes, it took 90+ hours and

Gathered by the River

2010-06-27T19:10:00.000-07:00

Recent ponderous pondering to frame the book vanished this morning. The Father massaged my heart in family worship. In simple conclusion it was rediscovering that life in Christ wasn’t as much about how we march out the Christian conventions drawn from scripture but about how we walk in the heart of The Story; His heart, His story. Where’d that come from? The kids, i.e., grandkids . We

PROVERBS, TUFF LOVE, MODELLING, PRAYING

2010-06-17T06:34:00.000-07:00

I just have to toss something out to you from early morning reflections. It’s simple and has been prodding me all day. Caught an email reply from Don who I had saluted in an email for the powerful interview I had with his son, now 21 and a front line missionary in his second year of Arabic language learning. His father is a poster dad for creating intentional legacy. He is one of today’s most

LIFE'S JOURNEY IS "HIS STORY"

2010-06-10T22:04:00.000-07:00

Good morning, T, This is our first true dialog. No more rule making and discussion Except to remind us, this is a DIALOG. I talk, you talk. Not complicated. We can do this. It’s about The Story. Taylor, just about everything I share with you will be framed by this one thing, The Story. When I say “The” Story, I mean HIS Story. I will always capitalize it as if it were something coming

GO WITH US ON THIS GRAND JOURNEY

2010-06-05T20:37:00.000-07:00

The journey started today. It's the one whereby grandfather Taylor, "Popi," joins Taylor, age 12, and his dad on the rough and wonderful trail to the manhood ceremony of age 13. It's called various things around the world, "rite of passage" is a popular one and it is a ceremony embraced by cultures with ancient roots and possesed grand hopes of leaving a good legacy. The event today was

The "CALL"--Save the world, or "train them up"?

2010-03-13T08:13:00.000-08:00