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“Ordinary Angels” Touches Home
July 28, 2026July 28, 2026

“Ordinary Angels” Touches Home

By GrandpaLyle 4 Comments on “Ordinary Angels” Touches Home

When Marie and I sat down to watch Ordinary Angels neither of us could remember whether we had seen it or not—a common occurrence for us. In the story a struggling hairdresser finds a renewed sense of purpose when she meets a widowed father working hard to care for his two daughters. With his youngest,

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Grandpa Bakes
June 16, 2026June 16, 2026

Grandpa Bakes

By GrandpaLyle 2 Comments on Grandpa Bakes

At 85 years old I discovered a new passion – baking birthday cakes. And I stumbled onto it quite by accident.  Our choir director Ray Wheeler signed us all up for a cake walk to raise funds for scholarships. I had no idea what a cake walk was but I knew that, as a member,

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May 12, 2026May 15, 2026

Visionary or lunatic?

By GrandpaLyle 0 Comment on Visionary or lunatic?

Although I don’t think I have any salmon blood in me, I seem to have spent most of my life swimming against the flow. Three of my lifelong passions are decidedly not in the mainstream … but they date back to my earliest years. Country Music My car radio is permanently tuned to Willie’s Roadhouse.

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April 20, 2026April 20, 2026

Retirement – Three Times

By GrandpaLyle 2 Comments on Retirement – Three Times

Do I miss it? Hardly. Still today, when Marie and I see a magazine rack, we look at each other, smile, and say, “Aren’t you glad we no longer care that our magazines are being buried behind the competition?”

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Small decision or miracle?
April 12, 2026April 12, 2026

Small decision or miracle?

By GrandpaLyle 2 Comments on Small decision or miracle?

A crazy thought in the middle of the night changed my life.

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