wadehodges.com Archives: Random

Back Porch Randomness

I’m sitting on our back porch. Multiple birds are singing competing tunes. Disharmony has never been so lovely. I just finished a nice dinner of grilled chicken, lentils, yellow bell peppers, and guacamole. Heather is painting. The boys have left a bunch of smashed hickory nuts on the concrete. They used my hammer. This is […]

Terry Rush on Grief

Terry Rush is an amazing minister and good friend.
His thoughts on what to say to those who grieve are worth saving.

The Taxman Cometh

I’ve got a date with TurboTax. My taxes must be finished by the end of the day (self-imposed deadline).

Running in Peanut Butter

I started the day with 45 emails in my inbox. I like to keep it as clear as possible so my goal was to empty it by the end of the day. I’ve been working at it for a few hours and now I have 48 emails in my inbox. It’s like I’m running in […]

My Friend from Down Under

Today I finally had a face to face with an online friend whom I’ve been corresponding with for a couple of years now. He flew into town yesterday for the Tulsa Workshop. He’s from Australia and twice my age. Separated by a generation and a world of water we came together today for a […]

ACU Freshmen and iPhones

ABILENE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–An Apple iPhone or iPod touch will become a central part of Abilene Christian University’s innovative learning experience this fall when all freshmen are provided one of these converged media devices, said Phil Schubert, ACU executive vice president.
At ACU - the first university in the nation to provide these cutting-edge media devices to […]

New York Football Giants?

Why do some talking heads call them the “New York Football Giants”?
I didn’t know until I looked it up a few seconds ago.
“To distinguish itself from the professional baseball team of the same name, the football team was referred to as the New York Football Giants. Although the baseball team moved to San Francisco in […]

Happy New Year!

May we leave behind the worst and pursue the best.

Merry Christmas

The Hodges family wishes you a Merry Christmas!

That Was Fun

After 2 1/2 days of darkness, power to our home was restored tonight. It was fun, interesting, frustrating, maddening, and humbling. Many in our area are still without power, but it seems that things are slowly getting better for more and more people. Hopefully, the power will be restored for all just in time […]