Bfth's Boring Blog

 Today, March 8, 2026 is International Women's Day.  (It's also the day where we loose an hour due to Daylight Saving Time, which definitely tracks.)  It's also a Sunday.  In honor of the day, the church I attend in the Poconos  asked for volunteers to read a specific scripture lesson and then offer a reflection. I actually enjoy public speaking (although I do get nervous) and volunteered, even though I still consider myself a "newbie".  While the request was to envision yourself in the story, I went a bit of track.  (I have a difficult time putting myself in the narrative when it comes to the Bible.)  I guess I'm a bit of rebel?  Well, at least I kept it short (which I am sure most people are grateful for).  The passage I read was from 1 Kings 17:8-16:  "Then the word of the Lord came to him,  “Arise, go to Zar′ephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.”  So he aro...

 Three things you should know about me. (if you've been reading this blog for any of the past 13 years you probably already know much of this.) I'm a huge Beatles Fan.  If you are too, then you might recognize that the name of this post is a Ringo Starr song from his album Weight of the World .  The chorus is the simple name of the title an there's a bridge that refers back to another Ringo hit:  "Well, I said it don't come easy. Well, I sure know how it feels."  This and another Ringo song, "Private Property" ("Have some common sense, you get off the fence, don't go fooling with private property.  It's known when we're in a crowd, that there's gonna be no trespassing allowed.") were floating around my head the other night.   I get up early (for example the other day I woke up at 3:20 or so and couldn't get back to sleep knowng that my alarm would go off around 4:45) and I go to bed/sleep early.  I like sleep so I often ...

We're living in a world of fear.  We're living in a world that is depressing.  We're living in a world that is tired.  Fear.  Depression.  Tired.  F T D.  But that's not all those letters stand for.  They stand for something else...something important.  What we need is not fear, depression and tiredness.  We need something else. That something else is more important, more urgent than it has ever been.  Our world is in chaos and new F D T is what we need.  What this F D T looks like to each of us may be slightly different, but in the end, it is truly the same.  As we stand by our values and humanity, F D T is imperative! So, F D T! F aith: No matter what manner of worship, we must have faith.  We need to believe in good that whatever God/the universe has in store for us.  We cannot lose hope, even though the days may seem dark.  We need to keep our faith even in the darkest of times.  Have faith; let it ...

  Once again I present you with the tales that are "interesting."  (For lack of a better word.) Let's start with my landscaping company. A couple of weeks back we got the news that they would not be able to service us this year.  (The owner is being deployed.)  However, another company would be taking over the accounts.  As soon as I got the name of the new landscaping company, I went to their website to check them out and also went to their contact page and filled out their form so we could get the ball rolling.  That was over a week ago... Last week I went on our neighborhood social media page and asked for recommendations for landscapers.  I got a lot of names and few companies.  Two had websites, so I again, I filled out the contact page form and...  Now I am well aware that I could call these people and maybe get a hold of someone, but that's not the point.  Why have a contact page if you're not going to answer the inquiry?...

 It's March 1st.  Yesterday, the last day of February felt like spring.  The sun was actually out.  The snow started to melt.  We managed (I think) to get our mailbox at the end of the road shoveled out enough so that the mailman could deliver the mail.  (I've been going down to the post office once a week to pick up our mail.  I am not alone.  There are a lot of people -- perhaps hundreds -- in this village who have mailboxes that are inaccessible or have been destroyed as the result of the snowstorms this winter.)  I actually sat outside without a winter coat (although I was wearing a down vest) and soaked up those beautiful warm rays.  Spring is around the corner, could it actually be coming a little early? I woke up this morning.  A new month, and snow was coming down.  It didn't last (thankfully), but it was a slap in the face.  A reminder that the cold and cruel is not yet over. I want to write something about the ho...

 (This may be a companion piece to  https://bfthsboringblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/get-over-it.html  or not...) There was a blizzard the other day.  My neck of the Poconos didn't get too much. (I'm not sure how to define too much...at this point I feel like anything over an inch is too much!)  NJ got way too much.  (Just as the sidewalks were clearing and I could actually cross the street to get to the bus stop without climbing over mountains of snow.)  My son's campus got over a foot of snow and once again there are no classes today. (I understand why, but still it's an annoyance.)  This winter has been brutal.  It started before it officially started (with heavy snow at the end of November) and just keeps going.  I've seen snow (even though some days had little or no accumulation) for 5 days in a row. I'm over it.  I am REALLY over it. While there are plenty of things that I am NOT over (gun violence/mass shootings, the lack of just...