Comments for On & Off the Road http://scottneric.com/ontheroad Our Travels (and Stayings at Home) Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:39:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on A New Word Dawns by Eric Hays-Strom http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/2012/04/a-new-word-dawns/comment-page-1/#comment-2593 Eric Hays-Strom Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:39:07 +0000 http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/?p=743#comment-2593 Hi Jerry. We have been sleeping with the windows open the past month or two due to the unseasonably warm weather. Especially these last two nights when our bedroom was over 80 degrees! But we do have screens on the windows. No, our bats live IN the house! They're in our attic. And every now and then they get down in to the house through several different avenues. That room you stayed in when you were here has attic access that is big enough for bats to get through. We end up having to chase one out of the living area once a year. This year we've had several, probably due to the warm weather! And yes, a real bat. :D Hi Jerry.

We have been sleeping with the windows open the past month or two due to the unseasonably warm weather. Especially these last two nights when our bedroom was over 80 degrees! But we do have screens on the windows.

No, our bats live IN the house! They’re in our attic. And every now and then they get down in to the house through several different avenues. That room you stayed in when you were here has attic access that is big enough for bats to get through. We end up having to chase one out of the living area once a year. This year we’ve had several, probably due to the warm weather!

And yes, a real bat. :D

]]> Comment on A New Word Dawns by Jerry http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/2012/04/a-new-word-dawns/comment-page-1/#comment-2592 Jerry Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:37:51 +0000 http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/?p=743#comment-2592 WOW! What a story this is. A Bat??? Do you mean a real bat? How does a bat get into your house and your bedroom ? I keep forgetting that in Omaha one can keep the windows open but with no screens ???? How does that work? Thanks for sharing. Love ya' WOW! What a story this is.
A Bat??? Do you mean a real bat?
How does a bat get into your house and your bedroom ?
I keep forgetting that in Omaha one can keep the windows open but with no screens ????
How does that work?

Thanks for sharing.
Love ya’

]]> Comment on Of Dogs and Water Features by KittKatt http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/2012/04/of-dogs-and-water-features/comment-page-1/#comment-2585 KittKatt Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:47:51 +0000 http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/?p=691#comment-2585 I’m glad that you found such a great pet care option for when you are out of town. It’s hard to have fun on a vacation unless you know that your dogs are in good hands. That’s a real plus that being with the dog sitter together helped your two pups bond with each other. I’m glad that you found such a great pet care option for when you are out of town. It’s hard to have fun on a vacation unless you know that your dogs are in good hands. That’s a real plus that being with the dog sitter together helped your two pups bond with each other.

]]> Comment on Lent 2012 – Day 34 (Monday) by Eric Hays-Strom http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/2012/03/lent-2012-day-34monday/comment-page-1/#comment-2567 Eric Hays-Strom Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:38:39 +0000 http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/?p=682#comment-2567 It's crazy, isn't it? I just wish more parents were like the mother of the little boy in the story. She knew what her little boy did was wrong. She was obviously trying to teach him. My own mother would have been hugely upset with me for doing the same thing. Under normal conditions, I'd not have allowed Ixchel to be so far from either of us, and not off leash. But the location was designed for just that... off leash dogs. From now on, I don't know if I'll trust such locations again. I'm sorry your dog had such bad experiences with children. It’s crazy, isn’t it? I just wish more parents were like the mother of the little boy in the story. She knew what her little boy did was wrong. She was obviously trying to teach him. My own mother would have been hugely upset with me for doing the same thing.

Under normal conditions, I’d not have allowed Ixchel to be so far from either of us, and not off leash. But the location was designed for just that… off leash dogs.

From now on, I don’t know if I’ll trust such locations again.

I’m sorry your dog had such bad experiences with children.

]]> Comment on Lent 2012 – Day 34 (Monday) by KittKatt http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/2012/03/lent-2012-day-34monday/comment-page-1/#comment-2566 KittKatt Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:10:56 +0000 http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/?p=682#comment-2566 Wow, I can relate to this story! Our dog quickly learned to fear children after several such incidents. I’m sorry to say that all the parents we encountered saw no problem with their children deliberately trying to scare my dog. At first I tried to overcome the bad experiences by urging the kids to be very, very quiet and nice because my dog was afraid. But this just egged them on and made them terrorize the dog even more! I must admit that these experiences also caused ME to be on guard when I meet children now. Wow, I can relate to this story! Our dog quickly learned to fear children after several such incidents. I’m sorry to say that all the parents we encountered saw no problem with their children deliberately trying to scare my dog. At first I tried to overcome the bad experiences by urging the kids to be very, very quiet and nice because my dog was afraid. But this just egged them on and made them terrorize the dog even more! I must admit that these experiences also caused ME to be on guard when I meet children now.

]]> Comment on Lent 2012 – Day 10 (Friday) by Karla Oliver http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/2012/03/lent-2012-day-10-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-2518 Karla Oliver Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:20:51 +0000 http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/?p=669#comment-2518 Your post reflects something I'm reading, "The Dance" by Oriah Mountain Dreamer. In a dream, one of her spirit elders, whom she calls the Grandmothers, comes to her to advise, "The question is not why are we so infrequently the people we really want to be. The question is why do we so infrequently want to be the people we really are. Because you have no faith that who you are is enough." A few paragraphs later (as she is reacting to this dream) she realizes this: "who we are by our essential nature is enough; that we are right now in this moment capable of being compassionate and fully present in the intimate relationship with ourselves, the world, and the Mystery; that we are all we need to be by our nature; there is no need for self improvement; that we live our soul's deepest desires not by intending to change who we are but by intending to be who we are." (The Dance, Oriah Mountain Dreamer, pp 14-15.) Have a blessed weekend my friend! Your post reflects something I’m reading, “The Dance” by Oriah Mountain Dreamer. In a dream, one of her spirit elders, whom she calls the Grandmothers, comes to her to advise, “The question is not why are we so infrequently the people we really want to be. The question is why do we so infrequently want to be the people we really are. Because you have no faith that who you are is enough.” A few paragraphs later (as she is reacting to this dream) she realizes this: “who we are by our essential nature is enough; that we are right now in this moment capable of being compassionate and fully present in the intimate relationship with ourselves, the world, and the Mystery; that we are all we need to be by our nature; there is no need for self improvement; that we live our soul’s deepest desires not by intending to change who we are but by intending to be who we are.” (The Dance, Oriah Mountain Dreamer, pp 14-15.)

Have a blessed weekend my friend!

]]> Comment on Lent 2012 – Day 4 (Saturday) by Eric Hays-Strom http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/2012/02/lent-2012-day-4-saturday/comment-page-1/#comment-2500 Eric Hays-Strom Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:52:48 +0000 http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/?p=646#comment-2500 Yay! Prayer -- Study -- Action -- -- AMEN! Yay! Prayer — Study — Action — – AMEN!

]]> Comment on Lent 2012 – Day 4 (Saturday) by Karla Oliver http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/2012/02/lent-2012-day-4-saturday/comment-page-1/#comment-2499 Karla Oliver Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:30:50 +0000 http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/?p=646#comment-2499 I was a little behind in my reading -- AMEN! I was a little behind in my reading — AMEN!

]]> Comment on Lent 2012 – Day 6 (Monday) by Karla Oliver http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/2012/02/lent-2012-day-6-monday/comment-page-1/#comment-2498 Karla Oliver Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:34:52 +0000 http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/?p=654#comment-2498 Let's all pray for forgiveness as Jesus did on the cross, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they are doing." - for all those whose actions and words wind up hurthing others, for those times when we don't love as well as we hope, and that includes ourselves. Let’s all pray for forgiveness as Jesus did on the cross, “Father, forgive them for they know not what they are doing.” – for all those whose actions and words wind up hurthing others, for those times when we don’t love as well as we hope, and that includes ourselves.

]]> Comment on Lent 2012 – Day 4 (Saturday) by Eric Hays-Strom http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/2012/02/lent-2012-day-4-saturday/comment-page-1/#comment-2494 Eric Hays-Strom Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:36:35 +0000 http://scottneric.com/ontheroad/?p=646#comment-2494 That's what I wanted to hear, Jerry! That’s what I wanted to hear, Jerry!

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