Monday, August 17, 2026
Sunday, August 16, 2026
The low tonight here on the NOrthern California Coast is 52 degrees Fahrenheit
I noticed as I was closing the shutters on the sliding glass doors that the air coming in the window above them was cold. So, I shut the window and decided to set the heater for 70 because it was already 70 in the house. Today was likely the coldest daytime temperature this summer and tonight is likely the coldest night time temperature this summer too. Interesting.
Writing
I try to write a little about writing and ways can be done whenever I can because I find it myself so Therapeutic and helpful in my life. How?
In life there aren't always people you can talk to about what might be bothering you in life.
Through Writing you might be able to solve some of the problems you are dealing with in various ways.
For example, I'm not sure I would be alive now if I hadn't been writing various blogs since 1999 in June.
I was told I wasn't going to die from a 9 month bout with a heart virus that made me pass out a lot and I was told if I didn't retire I would die which is likely true. So, I promised God that if I survived whatever was wrong with me (I didn't know for sure what was wrong with my heart until May of 1999 after starting to get very ill in the fall around September Or October. So, i had a cardiologist from the fall of 1998 but they couldn't diagnose what was wrong with me at all.
So, what they told me in May of 1999 when they told me I likely wasn't going to die after all was that most people who have heart viruses like mine die and the only way they can diagnose what killed them is through a post Mortem autopsy which means they have to look inside of your heart after you die to see what was wrong. And many families might not want to do this for religious reasons too.
So, I had promised God that If I survived all this when I was at Stanford University's hospital in the SF Bay area for an angiogram and electrical heart stimulation to assess if they could help me somehow I told God that if I survived all this some day I would start to sing God's praises in a Blog and I did at geocities.com until around 2007 when I got this blog.
I got this free blog which goes all over the world mainly because I wouldn't have to program everything in HTML Programming language anymore because they have an Encoder called "Compose" here at this site which programs your site for you (sort of).
Encoders are not perfect especially when you are quoting something partly because they may have been programmed in a different browser than the one you are using and all sorts of other reasons.
However, at this point at least things have become more and more compatible like Browsers and operating systems around the world so this is less of a problem than it used to be.
So, when something doesn't work I usually don't know why and either delete what I'm trying to quote or give notes as to how to address whatever problem exists on an existing page that I'm publishing here for readers.
So, the point here is writing can be helpful to you and those you know and love but it also can be helpful to thousands to millions of others around the world.
Besides, My parents trained me to be an Electrician and a minister of their church and taught me to counsel people both directly and indirectly to help them in their lives while I was growing up.
I first really noticed that I was able to help people when girls started to be interested in my a lot when I was 15 years old. They told me their problems often because I was mostly quiet and shy at that time in my life but the girls and women in my life sort of brought me out of myself where I talked more and became more confident expressing myself in life too. So, girlfriends starting at age 15 changed my life a lot for the better.
And so writing is another way to express what you are thinking about regarding almost anything you need to process to survive your life better.
It is better to find solutions to your problems as fast as you can so molehills do not become insurmountable mountains in your life and then you are just gone one day.
So, it's important to solve your problems as young as possible so you can survive to an old age like I did already of 78 years old.
By God's Grace
And Writing is one way to process your thoughts and feelings where you feel safe enough to do this. And when you feel safe enough you begin to solve your problems one by one and often other people's problems too.
By God's Grace
7,138,836 or seven million one hundred thirty eight thousand eight hundred and thirty six visits to this site since August 1st 2026
to me, this is sort of mind boggling but things like this can happen to your site I guess but I can't remember anything like this happening (that I noticed) since 2007 in the Fall when I first started this site.
By God's Grace
Thanks for visiting my site from All over the world in many different languages through Google Translate.
Hayden Panettiere dies at 36
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Hayden Panettiere dies at 36
Panettiere is remembered for roles on "Heroes" and "Nashville," among others.
ByABC NEWS
August 16, 2026, 8:05 PM
Actress Hayden Panettiere has died, her representative confirmed to ABC News. She was 36 years old.
"It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden. She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her -- and to the millions who watched her onscreen," her father, Skip Panettiere, said in a statement.
Her father asked for privacy "as our family takes time to process this unimaginable loss."
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Further details surrounding Panettiere's death were not immediately available.
Beginning as a child star, with a long career in both TV and film, Panettiere is remembered for her roles as Claire Bennet on the hit series "Heroes" and as Juliette Barnes on the musical drama "Nashville."
She also starred in "Remember the Titans," "Raising Helen," "Ice Princess" and "Scream 4."
Panettiere has been candid about her struggles from child stardom through adulthood. She released a memoir this May titled "This Is Me: A Reckoning."
Her brother, Jansen Panettiere, died suddenly in February 2023 from cardiomegaly (enlarged heart) coupled with aortic valve complications, his family said in a statement at the time. He was 28.
Editor's note: This story has been updated.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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