life – Bruce Blumer

Before Me After Me

I am not afraid of cancer, it just needed a place to grow and, unfortunately, my body provided a fertile environment and […]

Have you ever looked backward and it changed your view forward? Recently I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Short version, it’s a […]

I was out for a walk and came upon a hopscotch grid, drawn in chalk on the sidewalk. You know the pattern […]

My dad asked me to drive him to a funeral. It was the funeral of the wife of a college friend, who […]

I’m one of those weird people that like to paint. I painted every interior room in our previous house and several in […]

I like fires. Not the raging forest fires like we’re seeing in Colorado, California and other places. Not the structure fires that […]

One of my favorite things about leading a team to Haiti is our reflection time each night. We talk about what happened […]

Fifty years ago, we were at a camp somewhere in Wisconsin. Probably thirty people were glued to a 12 inch, black and […]

My granddaughter discovered Fused Bead kits. They are little, colored, plastic cylinders that you place on peg boards. After your design is […]

When I was a kid, my dad was connected to a church camp near a local lake. It was a rustic camp […]