
But by the time I started doing a lot of travelling for work, staying at home was nice. I had not thought of visiting foreign countries other than the two neighbors, but I have visited a lot of western Europe, India, Thailand, China, and South Korea. I wanted to visit Mexico (Check! Actually, three different Mexican states, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, and Chihuahua) and I wanted to see the lower tier of Canadian provinces, those bordering the USA, with Manitoba and Saskatchewan still on my “to do” list. I have not slept in all the 48 contiguous states, but I do not lack many in that category, but that was not my goal when I was not yet going to grade school. I still lack Alaska and Hawaii, adding North Dakota in 1996. I wanted to visit every one of the United States.

When I was very young, I had a bucket list, even though I had no concept of “kicking the bucket” or what a bucket list was. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.” The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”īut the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. They tell of the power of your awesome works. They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty-Īnd I will meditate on your wonderful works. One generation commends your works to another Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise

I will praise your name for ever and ever.
