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Pocket Testament League

Sat, 05 Aug 2023 11:45:00 -0700

What is the Great Commission? How should the Good News be spread?

Pocket Testament League Order

Sat, 05 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Some of the covers we’ve donated so that we can have these Gospel of John books available to give when spreading the Gospel.

Hanging Around Kewin Park

Sun, 30 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Hanging around in a tree at Kewin Park with the Stanislaus Grotto. After a brief “business” meeting I climbed halfway up a tree and tossed a 40 foot rope around a limb. Some of the other members rigged a pull which we ran a 150 foot rope through and could climb as much as we wanted.

Good Family Time

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 14:30:00 -0700

Tonight was such a blessing. I was able to start my day working from home at 7am and wrap by 4pm (working through lunch at my desk). At a bit after 2pm Tee-tee Angie welcomed Maddi’s two littles, Tucker (a few weeks away from age 2) and Caroline (not yet a couple months old), in for the rest of the day. I popped down briefly to say howdie and then finished out my work.

Offline Music

Sat, 21 Jan 2023 14:30:00 -0700

Good music is important. It can bring a soul up out of a funk, it can motivate and inspire to press on even more during exercise or work, and most importantly it is essential to a Christian’s walk to praise God.

Three Tyrannies by Joel Persinger

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 14:30:00 -0700

I follow a long list of people on various social media platforms. Definitely too many, and I prune from time to time. One account I follow is Joel Persinger on Rumble*. He created a video that I think every Christian should watch; take notes, and take care.

Hiking Red Hills with Wade

Mon, 02 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Wade and I hiking Red Hills shortly after some heavy days of rain. Creeks that are normally dry or just a trickle were running full. We had a great time of getting outdoors and fellowship.

I'm 'Pop-pop' to my granddaughter Topanga

Fri, 30 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

I’m ‘Pop-pop’ to my granddaughter Topanga. That’s Mimi (Angie) in the background, busy baking in the kitchen for our late family Christmas dinner this evening.

Little walk to the entrance of Wool Hollow on Christmas during our anniversary weekend away

Sat, 24 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Angela and I visited the entrance gate of Wool Hollow cave. This was my first “wild cave” that I visited with the Mother Lode Grotto in 2021.

Near the rock quarry along Camp 9 Road on Christmas during our anniversary weekend away

Sat, 24 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Angela and I went walking near the rock quarry along Camp 9 Road on our 17th anniversary weekend away.

City Hotel in Sonora on Christmas Eve eve during our anniversary weekend away

Fri, 23 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Angela and I spent much of the afternoon of Christmas Eve eve walking around the old historic downtown of Sonora, California, on our 17th anniversary weekend away. We ducked into the City Hotel to snap this picture in front of their gigantic Christmas Tree.

Caving at the Rockpile with Ernie

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 14:30:00 -0700

Fun day spent with Ernie hiking and caving at the Rockpile. I say this often, but I am really rather blessed. I picked up the hobby of caving and happen to live very close (1-2 hours) from dozens of caves that I can easily access and explore.

Here is the report I’ve written for the Mother Lode Grotto that will appear in their publication The Valley Caver.

Rappeling into a two bit pit

Sat, 29 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Just a Two Bit Pit

Bike to Work - Ebike for the Win

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 07:30:00 -0700

I enjoy riding my ebike to work. While there is some effort, when I’m in a hurry and just want to “get there” I let the ebike assist me much more. When I’m on my way home and it’s not in the 100s, I use the maximum power assist on the mile of surface streets. Once I get to the isolated bike trail I cut the power to the lowest setting and push hard for about 15 minutes.

Held My Granddaughter Today

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 21:09:00 -0700

Angie’s nickname instead of grandma is “Mimi”. Today Mimi was asked to watch our granddaughter. Our son had the day off and it sounds like he was exhausted and needed some sleep, which our granddaughter isn’t allowing much.

Stromer ebike and Racktime saddle bags

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

My Stromer ebike with Racktime saddle bags is my daily commuter for 11 miles round-trip.

My First Post After a Long Hiatus

Sat, 17 Sep 2022 17:00:00 -0700

I’ve way too much going on in my life to not write about it. I want to celebrate and record the memories to look back on. I don’t want to rely on social media sites which may or may not exist, or may or may not ban me nor exclude others that I wish to share my content with.

About

Sat, 17 Sep 2022 14:46:00 -0700

August 6th, 1996, I created my first personal blog entry. The blog was a static page of various life occurrances, hobbies, thoughts and interests. With this style of webpage I added new dated entries at the top of the page. This was all done with static HTML. Next, I moved to Microsoft FrontPage for a better template and ease of FTP publishing. Later, when I saw versions of ‘blogs starting to pop up, and instead of having different individual pages for topics, they had sections (predating #tags) on the main page, I was inspired to try my hand at this.

Mark's trim

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Mark had a trim today at the groomer.

Mimi and Granddaughter

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

“Mimi” (Angie) and our Granddaughter.

Tee-Tee, Tucker, and Jason celebrate a birthday

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

“Tee-tee” (Angie) is great-great auntie to Tucker. The three of us went out to Texas Roadhouse to celebrate a Angie’s birthday.

Lower Natural Bridges

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This is the lower entrance to one of the Natural Bridges

Just hanging around

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

(Photo by Ernie Maier) I’m working on getting my new chest harness dialed in so I can ascend efficiently.

End of the Trail on a Stromer ebike

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000

My Stromer ebike at the “end of the trail” along the Tuolumne River just a bit north of Fox Grove.

jason.artoo.net archive: Wednesday, August 7th, 1996

Wed, 07 Aug 1996 17:00:00 -0700

Wednesday, August 7th, 1996

Woohoo! Got registered for my classes at Delta College. I’m taking Calculus (5cr), English 1A (3cr), Economics 1 (3cr), and Political Science 1 (3cr) for a total of 14 credits.

jason.artoo.net archive: Tuesday, August 6th, 1996

Tue, 06 Aug 1996 17:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, August 6th, 1996

Well, I tired of the old style of my homepage, and I’ve seen many great ideas in other homepages, so I’m redesigning my entire homepage. I plan to update this section so that anyone who wishes to quickly check what is new can just jump to this spot and see.