Carl Lance

Imperfect vessels

     I have been watching the news as protests spread across the US.  Angry demonstrations sprang up soon after the election results were in.  What is their point?  He was a flawed candidate who won the primary election and went on to victory against another flawed candidate in the general election.  Like the results or […]

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The Nice Little Trip

     We just returned from a “nice little trip” to Houston, where Susan and her sisters attended a Filipino show.  Susan looked forward to seeing her favorite celebrities and it was a break, after months of moving and getting settled.  Our last visit to Houston was 15 years ago to eat in a Filipino restaurant

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The Sleep Study

To be more precise, it was a study about what I do when I sleep. I sometimes have trouble falling asleep, staying asleep or going back to sleep after waking up. I also have some symptoms of sleep apnea, which can interrupt breathing and restful sleep. That’s why I ended up becoming the subject of

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Too Much of a Good Thing

Our household shipment from Beijing finally arrived in Texas and after a week of hard labor, everything is unpacked. So now what? Our garage had been full of boxes and the house is overflowing with stuff. Add in our things from storage and we don’t have room to put it all! If that wasn’t enough

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Tsunami warning

     Our house was still being renovated when the first wave hit and another one is coming!  It overwhelmed us and covered everything as far as the eye could see.  It was a “tsunami of stuff!”  We battled the waves of cardboard and paper as we waited to move to higher ground.  The contractors were

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