Enjoyed having Penelope with us today! K and I took her to McDonalds for breakfast. I dropped K off to go to work, then we went to Goodwill and the Dollar Tree for fun.

She sees me taking pictures all the time. She enjoyed getting this little toy camera. It makes cool sounds.

Dollar Tree had all their scary stuff out now.

I studied Spanish while Penelope took a nap.


Didn’t have time to work on Swahili.
Worked with the kids at the mission.

37th spotting of the International Space Station!


Most expensive single object man has ever built. Over $150 Billion!
Admin duties now and then try and get Penelope to sleep. She had a nap and seems pretty lively now at nearly 10pm!

Studied Spanish and Swahili.


Recorded a new episode of Verbal Surgery called “MEmicking.” Accelerate great by copying your heroes and your best and happiest self.

Ashley is in Savannah getting accredited for horse training, so I get to watch Penelope for a few days. What a blessing! We ate then went to the park at Stone Mountain. It’s the only park that has enough shade to keep you cool.

She was very brave and tried several things she hasn’t done before.

We went straight from the park to the mission to help the kids. I have a three families that I’m teaching English to right now. As well as the kids who need homework help. It was pretty wild!

Afterwards, I took Penelope to Cicis. She liked it.

After we ate, we went back to the mission to see Miles. I know he misses his girls SO much! Penelope gave him lots of love and kisses and danced around the room for him. She didn’t make it ten minutes towards our house till we she was completely out. She didn’t get her nap today. Neither did I!
She’s sleeping soundly. I’ll give her a bath tomorrow morning. Just didn’t have the heart to wake her up.

Admin duties now.

Released a new episode of Verbal Surgery -519- “Typing Class.”

Upgrade your skills with this groovy edition of Verbal Surgery and feel good, NOW! Just click on the title!

Link on Facebook.

Studied Swahili and Spanish.

Went for a 13.34 mile bike ride.

Deposited checks to the bank.

Picked up mail from the church.

I enjoy watching Penelope with her friends! She’ll be spending the next couple of nights with us. What a blessing.

House full of people to help. I spend about as much time teaching English every day as I do with homework.


Ashley had 13 ladies at her ESL class this morning! Wow!

After helping the families, I went to Walmart to pick up some supplies. Elevators are out of commission a lot.

What the?

Went to a community meeting this evening. We are upset about a possible rezoning of our area to allow higher density town homes. Definitely will impact our quality of life and our property values.

This building was packed. At least 150 people there.

I just went up to the very front and sat on the floor.
Admin duties now.

Studied Spanish and Swahili this morning.

Killed about a foot long copperhead on my driveway this morning. Completely freaked Kathy out.

I put it out by my feeders for the opossums to eat this evening.
Another about 2 foot long copperhead by the entrance to our subdivision.

Went for a 14.04 mile bike ride this morning.

My favorite stop along the way at the Yellow River.

Penelope wanted to ride this pink motorcycle today.

Helped the kids at the mission. Yair wanted to learn French. I taught him some words and showed him how to use DuoLingo.

Great fun with the kids!

Never too much Penelope!

We will have her for two nights this week as Ashley goes to Savannah for some horse training!
After the snake scare, I mowed the yard this evening.

Blowing is always the last job.

Pretty much dark by the time I got finished.

Had a fun conversation with Jesse this evening.
Admin duties now.

Studied Spanish and Swahili.

Went to Westside!

Enjoyed lunch with Kathy.

Beat the campaign in Battlefront 2.
Watered my flowers.




Studied more language.

Watched Hardcore Henry. That was an intense movie.

Admin duties now.

The girls woke up around 7:00 am the morning. Got them changed and fed them breakfast. We went back to the Doggie Park this morning. We should have gone to the Stone Mountain park. The lack of shade made the Doggie Park pretty hot.
We had doughnuts under the gazebo.

We pretty much do whatever Penelope wants.

She’s such an angel child! They BOTH are awesome!
When we got home, I turned our little sprinkler on low on the deck. They had a big time with the water. Then got them in bed for a nap.

They crashed for almost exactly two hours. Then Miles came to pick them up. They were missed!

I studied Spanish and Swahili while they slept. Even though I only slept a few hours last night, couldn’t take a nap. Weird.

I’m still working on past tense.

Passed another big grammar milestone in Swahili. It’s a really hard language to speak well.

Since I couldn’t fall asleep, I went for a 17.95 mile bike ride.

Went to see the new Terminator movie tonight. I liked it. Interesting twist for heroes.

Did some research on where I’ll take Kathy’s iPhone to have the battery repaired.

Everly’s diaper came off and she peed in the bed. I got it all cleaned up and had a good reason to clean all my bedding and pillowcases. I’m pretty bad about doing that regularly.

We have a big hornet’s nest in our yard. Did some research on it. Apparently, they all die during the winter except for the queen. They make a new nest every year, so it doesn’t pose a danger. I’d like to get it done someone, It’s really interesting looking.
Catching up on my admin duties now.

Friday, I continued to study the William Blake poem, “Jerusalem” along with the hymn of the same name. The song was used in the movie, “Chariots of Fire” which provided the movie title. Blake also illustrated many of his poems.

I love learning!

Hurricane Florence smashed into the Carolinas today.

Studied Spanish/Swahili. It’s a way of life.

Also a way of life for me.

Beauty!

GREAT to have the girls spend the night!

We took them to the pool at Stone Mountain.
And to the “Doggie Park,” off of Five Forks Trickum.

I focused on Everly. Kathy had great bonding time with Penelope.

They love the slides.

Beautiful moon Friday night.

Lovely clouds.

Love my girls!

My goal is to wear them out having fun!

I didn’t sleep very well last night. Kept waking up to check to make sure Everly was ok.
Didn’t do my admin duties. Tried to go to sleep early, without much success. Poor little
Penelope was coughing. Glad we gave her some medicine. After about an hour and a half she got quiet. Prayed a lot for her.
The girls are SUCH a blessing!

Studied Spanish and Swahili this morning. It’s all about consistency!

Recorded my 600th episode of Verbal Surgery this morning called “Hurry CAN!” Exiting stuff to continue to produce material that changes people’s lives! According to one of my listeners, I actually saved his life last week. Powerful to hear testimony like that.

I’m still working on memorizing the William Blake poem “Jerusalem” as well as the hymn to that title.

Not sure if you’ve watched the film “Chariots of Fire,” but the title of the movie as well as the song is featured in it.

Did the grocery shopping.

Went for a 7.02 mile bike ride this afternoon before going to the mission. Trying to work on some more routes. This one is up a very long hill.

Took a shower, then headed to the mission.

Stopped at the bank to deposit checks. Amen!

Ashley helped one of the moms at the mission with her computer. She was giving advice on some learning games for her daughter.

Always great to be with the girls!

Tomorrow, I will be watching both girls for the first time over night. I’m looking forward to it! Pray that they will feel well and be confident. That’ll be the longest time ever for Everly to be away from Mama!

I’ve enjoyed working with Adit over the years. He’s one of my favorites!

It’s fun listening to Ashley tell the Bible story.


I rode my bike another 10.76 miles when I got home. 17.78 miles in all.

Not sure what the weather holds with the hurricane on the way. Figured I’d better get as much time in as I can! Verbal Surgery and biking are my two major forms of therapy. Both make me feel GOOD!

Not sure if you can see this, but it’s a cat which has climbed a tree and using the bird bath to drink out of. Bizarre on many levels.

Just released Verbal Surgery -593- “Sneaky Tweak.”

Easy ways to change how you feel and what you can do, especially for weight loss!

Uploaded the episode to my server. This is the first time from my Mac!

Link on Facebook.

I usually release new episodes on Tuesday and Friday, but not sure how my day will be with the girls here!

I also added “Hurry CAN” to the list of my episodes “in the can.” I am a full month ahead. Unbelievable how much I love to listen to myself talk.

With this much material recorded, I will now start focusing on Live shots and video versions of the episodes. I had great fun with these last Spring.

Did a lot of calculations this evening on exactly how far my different routes are and how much time they take me to ride. It’s fairly complicated but important if I want to ride and still get home before it gets dark.

Not sure what these flowers are, but they smell like honeysuckle. Lovely.

Admin duties now.

Studied Spanish and Swahili this morning. Brain power!

I met up with our friends Daivon, Preston and Chloe from Perimeter today. Ashley brought the girls. Always a blessing to see them, although Penelope has a runny nose and was pretty cranky. Eventually, Ashley took them on home and I finished the briefing with the Perimeter crew.

Special holiday for Ganesha starts today.

They’ve added a new blue backdrop.

They were interested in seeing Asian Square, so I also took them on Safari to that location. Cobras in a jar is always an eyebrow raiser!

Went to check on the girls. They were doing better, so I took them with me to the Apple Store to get Kathy and Jesse’s iPhones worked on.

Took HOURS! Finally, Jesse’s battery got replaced, but sadly, Kathy’s said they couldn’t work on because it looked like the phone had suffered water damage. It still works fine. Glad to say that! I’ll have to pay full price to have some third party do a battery swap out. Everything just takes time.

We thought we’d be back by about 4:15. It was nearly 6pm before we finally made it to the mission. Things happen. We’ll make sure the kids get all their stuff done tomorrow. Usually, everything is due on Friday.

While we were waiting for the batteries to get worked on, we went around the corner to Goodwill to check out clothes and toys for the girls. Always fun!

Went for a short bike ride. Got home too late to do much more.

I usually go twice that time. Always beautiful!




Fixed a drawer in our refrigerator. Hard to repair thin plastic.

Pray for our friends on the East Coast. Florence looks like a monster.

Admin duties now.

I was up at 4:30 am this morning. Sometimes my brain just wants to go and go. Studied William Blake. Looking forward to memorizing the verse and the song Jerusalem. Beautiful.

These are some Blake quotes that I will also memorize.

I love his use of language!
Had a fun talk with my mate Anthony Jacquin this morning when I was up so early. They are five hours ahead of us here in the States. Also made the decision to go to Burning Man in 2019. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for years. I’m making solid plans now. I hope that Anthony can go, but it’s hard for him to make it since travel has to be from the UK.

Added another book to my reading list. I have about four books going right now.

I read it years ago during Baylor days.
Studied Spanish. Didn’t have time to get into Swahili. I was already short on sleep.

Had a great time with my friend Carl Barrington today. I really enjoy his company.

Interesting bumper stickers.


Not sure what this means.

Had a fun time with the kids at the mission.


Ashley did a very creative Bible story today!


Went by the FBC Doraville to drop off some drums I got at Goodwill for the Golden Box of Jams, and to pick up checks for the ministry. Thank you, Lord!

Rode my bike 8.81 miles. Always right up against it getting dark.

Gorgeous skies!


Released Verbal Surgery -591- “Numbers Don’t Count!”
Click on the title and GROOVE!
Link on Facebook.

With the release of the newest episode, it marks the transition from having the podcasts on my PC to moving the material over to the Mac. I am a full month ahead with episodes “in the can” ready to release! Astonishing how much I love hearing myself talk. My goal is two recordings a week. I’ve been averaging three to four over the last three weeks. It’s my main therapy and helps me clarify my thinking.

Admin duties now.