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Colfax Excitement

It is time for an update on life in the burgeoning city of Colfax. When we see excitement, we usually lay down beside it and take a...

Lazy Beckmans

Ruth and I really need to get involved. This fall we went to NC for a Sibling Get Together. Then our church had its 150th (Sesquicentennial). Ruth cooked for 70. I am a Do Chef. I also led the choir and was MC of the Celebration Time. ...

Evening Primroses

Graestone always has a surprise for us. After seven years we still have new plants and flowers appear. Ruth plants things all the time, but these are plants that were waiting for water and care. About four years ago, Evening Primroses...

The Church in the Movie, The Gradua...

In the movie, The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman climbs side stairs of a white church and bangs on the glass inside because Catharine Ross is getting married. The church was the La Verne United Methodist Church. My family were members of the...

An English Wedding- June 2017

The wedding was “brilliant” as the people in the UK say. This was the first wedding on my side of the family since I married Ruth. (Well, other than the weddings of our children.) The venue was Sherbourne Park: It is worth a look. We...