I wanted to wish all of the dads on the blog a wonderful Father’s Day. I started my own celebration before dawn on the Billy Goat trail to watch the sun go up while hiking along the river. It was glorious, as always. I have a few pictures from this morning’s hike.
The trail was teeming with wildlife, including a wonderful owl sitting majestically on a rock:
Coming over some boulders on the rock scramble, I came face to face with a rather large brown fox. He was a surprised to see me as I was him. After giving him a lot of room, I was able to cut back and take a snap:
The river was like glass this morning in the soft dawn light. It made for an enchanting hike:
I hope that everyone will have a relaxing Father’s Day. On my hike, I was able to think of my dad, Jack Turley, who was my best friend in this life. A day does not go by when I do not think of him and miss him. Sitting above the river at dawn, I thought of how I owe him so much in what he taught me. He was the most brilliant man I have ever known and the only man I ever truly wanted to impress. When he died, I could not imagine going forward without him. Yet, I now see so much of him in my own children and realize that the people we love never truly leave us.
Yesterday, Leslie and I went to our little local butcher for beef ribs. (Leslie is doing my favorite slow-cooked beef ribs in red wine and Guinness stout). The shop was packed. I asked my friend if this was the biggest holiday for meat sales and he said yes with the possible exception of Christmas. It seems people buy flowers for Mom and meat bouquets for Dad.
So, to all of the fathers out there, have a great day doing all of those things that dads do. Let the dad puns and jokes fly. They have to laugh…no matter how many times you have used them.
Here are some other pictures from the hike.
Dear Prof JT, pleas
Please share the beef ribs recipe.
Here is what your great white father said…
“Doc Ronny Johnson. Does everyone know Ronny Johnson, congressman from Texas? He was the White House doctor, and he said I was the healthiest president, he feels, in history, so I liked him very much indeed immediately.”
How can anybody support this person for anything other than cleaning your toilet?
Really, this posting as a reply to a Father’s Day blog? I know you are just trolling, however, I truly believe you need to seek out professional help
Your right. This post by the great white father trump is the most eloquent, loving, kind, all inclusive post you could possibly ask for. Why aren’t we all like the great white father?
“HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO ALL, INCLUDING THE RADICAL LEFT DEGENERATES THAT ARE RAPIDLY BRINGING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THIRD WORLD NATION STATUS WITH THEIR MANY ATTEMPTS AT TRYING TO INFLUENCE OUR SACRED COURT SYSTEM INTO BREAKING TO THEIR VERY SICK AND DANGEROUS WILL,”
“the people we love never truly leave us”.
Amen to that.
Professor JT,
Every day your comments, opinions are super insightful and fair from a legal and human perspective, and thank you for that as well as the very human sharing of your personal life such as today’s Father’s day pictures and thoughts.
As this is Father’s day , it places for me extra focus on the privilege of not only having a loving, hard working WWII veteran father, but also being a father and a grandfather . I guess that is a trifecta of blessings which are overwhelming to ponder. Happy Father’s day to and all Dads.
JT loves to obfuscate. Check out what he doesn’t say. He is so one sided that if he were a boat he wouldn’t last 30 seconds in the water.
Are you saying he should also wish people a bad Father’s Day so as to show balance?
Perhaps bc he was preparing for his trip, Prof. Turley missed noting an important anniversary in legal history: the signing of the Magna Carta on 15/06/1215 at Runnymede. We salute King John and his Merry Knights.
(It’s interesting that the Magna Carta in England was part of a larger chartist movement in Europe in the 13th century. This century was the true Renaissance in Europe.)
Here’s to all the great fathers. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them. God Bless.
Beautiful & Amen on his Dad! e
Happy Father’s Day to you, my friend. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Your photos are testament to God’s awe-inspiring glory. Thank you for sharing them, Dr. Turley! May the rest of your Father’s Day be as relaxing and enjoyable as the start. Happy Father’s Day to you and all!
Very nice column. And beautiful pictures.
Thank you for those beautiful photographs.
I don’t know what kind of shape you are in, but if you are in pretty good shape and want a really dramatic hiking adventure, try the “Knife Edge” on Katahdin in Maine.
Yet, I now see so much of him in my own children and realize that the people we love never truly leave us.
You are very fortunate to have had such a father, and I so relate to your words about your children, which ring true when I consider my own children – one of whom is an adopted son I named after my father (like GEB). His middle name is after my father’s brother, who was wounded in combat in World War II as a Jew fighting Hitler in Europe. Like others I thank you for sharing your thoughts and wish you a happy father’s day!
Yours,
Uncle Henry
Happy Father’s Day-lovely photos!
Happy Father’s Day, Professor Turley, and to all men who are or who act in loco paternis: biological, adoptive, foster, Big Brothers, mentors and all.
And thank you, Professor, for sharing your hike with us. It is important, especially now, to know that there is a world beyond sniping at each other over political differences. The owl, fox and heron rightly do not care about those (although too often affected by human politics). “Nature is always lovely, invincible, glad, whatever is done and suffered by her creatures. All scars she heals, whether in rocks or water or sky or hearts.” – John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir (1938).
Jonathan, your paragraph about your father brought me to tears, as I remembered my father and and see him in my children… Thanks for making me cry like a three year old !!!
Happy Fathers Day to you and all the other dads. Just wanted to say your column has become one of my favorites.
What beautiful way to begin this day. Thank you professor and Happy Father’s Day!
Proverbs 22:6 ~ Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Yes. That is the way we were brought up…to pass this on is such an honor!
Wow. Such a wonderful canvas of nature and serenity. I think the photographs show some real artistry but the subject matter is actually quite astonishing.
Happy Father’s Day Professor.
My father was the best man I ever knew and when he said he was proud of me, it was the greatest compliment I ever received. He was like a great oak who stood tall and unwavering through all weather and storms. His steadfast ethics and personal honesty defined who he was. And he held to that through to his last day at 90 years of age. My greatest compliment to him was to name my son after him (It left him speechless when I called my parents and gave him the news of the baby’s birth and name). My wife and I both agreed there was no other name worth considering. He is with me and my son every day.
On Father’s Day, my friend’s wife bought him a new washer and dryer! So, on mother’s day the following year, he bought her a brand new Riding Lawnmower! Fair play in love & war!
Great response. My wife rides a John Deere Lawn Tractor and I am not allowed on it. Some women have too much power, but I just said “yes dear”.
Well said professor!
Happy Fathers day to all!
The ribs in wine and beer sounds awesome!
Bravo and well played!