Change – NealEnJoy

Summer Blog Break

Posted on June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 by Neal Saye

This summer, June – August, I will be taking a writing course, “Memoir—Summer 2026—Write Your Own Story” with acclaimed author Janisse Ray (Ecology of a Cracker Childhood).

In order to devote as much time as possible to the class, I’m going to scale back my blog posting for the summer. I will continue to publish my “Five Friday Happy Bringers” each week, along with probably one other post toward the beginning of the week.

Thanks so much for following my blog! I’ll keep you posted occasionally about the memoir class.

Neal

Change

Please …

Posted on September 3, 2024September 3, 2024 by Neal Saye

May September’s Prophecy be one of Health and Joy for us all.

Change

MLK & Classic Truth

Posted on January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 by Neal Saye

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

“True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.”

Change, T-shirt Tuesday

T-Shirt Tuesday: “Abu and Rbu”

Posted on November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 by Neal Saye

Some fourteen years ago, when older daughter Amy announced that she was pregnant with our first grandchild, I was both ecstatic and a tad nervously hesitant. A grandfather?! Seriously?! At this stage in my life? Am I even old enough to be a grandfather … officially?!

The old blog post below explains (in excruciating detail) how I ended up being called “Abu” (Abuelo = Grandfather) by that first grandchild Daniel—and all the other ones who came later.

Younger daughter Emily is a whiz at making custom t-shirts, so she recently created these two for Robert and me. Grandson Daniel came up with the idea of calling Robert “Rbu” to go along with my “Abu,” making us a weirdly matching set.