Bob Anderson:  

her book, but it might really help your kids or grandkids: "Do Rich Or Do Poor" recently went live on Amazon. It was a fabulously-fun collaboration with one of the nation's top Financial Planners, David Reinders. We just completed this book a few months ago, and it took me into a new realm of digital arts to illustrate it. As of this moment, the Kindle version is FREE through Kindle Unlimited! The 55-second ad we did: vimeo DOT com/732255327 - My website: bobWanderson DOT com - My wife's website: home design coach DOT net - AND just now I posted a new video of a home my wife was hired to design. Her clients were so happy with the house plans she drew up for them a few months ago, they wanted to know if I could create a 3D model from her 2D plans and make an animated walk-through. I jumped at the chance. So, here's the link in code (you'll need to close up the gaps): vimeo DOT com/746147966/6195c68de2 ---> We just saw the movie "Jesus Revolution (2023)" and we highly recommend it! We lived through that very revolution and while I was a film student at Cal Arts, Rick Harper and I made our student film project on that historic revival. I posted on Facebook about it... bit.ly CLOSE THE GAP /3ZnNvR0 ------------ NEWS UPDATE: On March 27, 2023, a heavily armed woman shot her way through an exterior door at Covenant School in Nashville with the intent of killing children and teachers. Our grandson attends that school. By the mercy of God, he was not hurt. For weeks leading up to that event, I had felt an urgent need to get up early in the morning and pray extensively for our family and other various topics. The week before the shootings during prayer, I had a sudden impression (or vision, if you will) of a shadowy human figure secretly making its way up a staircase and along walls trying to stay hidden. I didn’t know any details of what this was about, when, where, or who — but I knew this shadow signified raw evil. So, I focused prayers against whatever that shadow represented and that it would be defeated. After the horrible shooting incident, we discovered that the assailant spent most of her time shooting constant rounds into the door of our grandson’s room trying to get in. Our grandson, Harrison, told us it seemed like a hundred bullets must have come into that room through the door. The teacher had wisely placed all the children with their backs against the wall so the shooter could not see them by looking through the small window. Harrison was very close to the door as the bullets shattered the door’s small glass window and ripped through the door. But even though the shooter was able to get into the building by shooting through a heavy exterior door, she could not get into that particular classroom that she was so determined to enter. Within 14 minutes after the 911 call, the Metro Police took down the assailant. If you have any interest in seeing the police body cam footage of those final moments, you can find it online. Their precision and expertise are impressive, though I must warn you, the footage is intense. Even though six precious lives were lost that day, the killer could not “for some reason” get into that classroom. We are so grateful that the killer did not arrive 90 minutes earlier during the school chapel when all of the students and teachers were gathered in one place to start the day. You can easily find the names and photos of the six people who died that day, and I encourage anyone reading this to pray for the grieving families who have suffered such tremendous loss. (Our grandson lost three of his dear friends that day.) Thank you! ----- Life sure is an adventurous flow of challenges and rewards, isn't it? Well, in keeping with my style of oversharing on this Classmates blog, I'll outline a recent challenge. I do so, because there's a bit of advice I'd like to pass on. Last August (2023), I suddenly discovered I had colon cancer, and it appeared to be quite serious. The medical team wanted to schedule me for immediate surgery with a doctor they often recommended. While I was on the phone with them to schedule my surgery, my wife was on her phone with her clients, Dr. Matt, a cardiologist and his wife (a dentist). When he heard the name of the surgeon I was scheduling, he told Sally, "Um, that would be a 'hard no!'" He had a number of dramatic reasons why he said this. He then urged that I see a friend of his from med school, Dr. Reynolds. It was an amazing "coincidence" from God that both conversations were happening simultaneously. So, I canceled out of the first surgeon and met with Reynolds. We loved this guy immediately for every reason. He cleared his surgical schedule for the following week and I was in surgery just days after our initial meeting. This man is a brilliant artist, and he used (here comes the advice...wait for it...) a surgical robotic system called "da Vinci." Instead of me being cut open like a frog dissected in a high school science class (the way the other surgeon would have operated on me -- "old school"), there were just 5 tiny incision points where the surgical instruments gained access along with a high resolution 3D camera and lights. (I had a movie studio inside of me!). It was a 4-hour surgery, and it went flawlessly. Reynolds was elated and so were we; he got it all! The first two days I could hardly get up to walk to the bathroom, though Dr. Reynolds encouraged me to do some walking as soon as I could in order to accelerate my recovery. On the third morning, I got up and began my trek through the corridors of the 5th floor. I was stunned to find a "wind at my back" because as I walked, energy came out of nowhere. I walked faster and faster feeling better than I had within the past few years, no exaggeration. The medical staff noticed and began cheering me on. A few of them joked, "He's trying to escape! Get him!" Because I took my iPhone with me, it recorded that I had walked 3.5 miles that morning -- on the third day after surgery! So, there you have it, one more verbose blog entry from me, but this time it's to urge anyone facing an upcoming surgery to press in to see if you can get a surgeon who is trained on the "da Vinci" robotic system. Google it. It could make all the difference! ------- Lately having fun creating artwork for the Samsung QLED TV known as "The Frame." This is a TV that can display art while it's not being used as a TV. It's a stunning technology. The art displayed on this screen looks as if it's on a framed canvas, and you can load your own artwork. Very cool! My gallery: frameTVart DOT net.