Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelite’s swear an oath. He had said, “God will surely come to your...
When I was still working in a Federal building, I needed to make a copy of a large document. When I went to the copy machine...
It was during the past week that on one channel was a 2 year old girl singing softly to an old dog, his head was cuddled...
Nearly thirteen, I contracted a viral flu-like disease that kept me bedridden for two weeks. I was delirious and kept a high temperature,, causing a loss...
This is a true story. I know personally the party, involved. Love dwindled, unhappiness and dissatisfaction grew, daily fussing and fighting characterized the relationship of husband...
“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me”— John 10:14 Sheep! I don’t have much knowledge about sheep, I just...
The first Saturday of May is the KENTUCKY DERBY. It is a nostalgic event from my childhood when we traveled in our Kaiser to Louisville to...
Now Israel’s eyes were failing because of old age, and he could hardly see… Genesis 48:10. Lately, I have been observing older people…Here are my conclusions!...
You are experiencing lots of stress in your life. The pluses are not balancing out the minuses. An alternative doctor suggests that a yoga class could...
I was on my 35 mile drive to volunteer to sort historic maps at the U.S. Geological Survey at Reston, Virginia. A pit stop was necessary...
My foraging for a set of reasonably priced tires found me in the early morning line at the Goodyear Center. Others had the same mission. The...
Spring is peeking out from woods and the byways. Approiate clothing for those soon-to-be sunny days have already been in the stores for many weeks. Forsynth,...
It’s about that time when ladies’ spring fashions will be paraded. I wonder what the models eat. Certainly, they are not having a BIG MAC or...
At one of the local stores where I buy my gas and get coffee, I purchased a small framed picture of a lighthouse and a small...
It was in the summer of 1849 that Phineas Gage, a railroad construction foreman was standing on the wrong place at the wrong time. A dynamite...
Years ago, I purchased a 1956 Chrysler Imperial from a friend. When we cleaned out the trunk, I was impressed that he was prepared for all...
Can time move fast and then slow? I think that it moves the slowest when you are in a store line waiting to pay. This would...
Once upon a time in the early 60s there were two young ladies just out of the Marine Corps; they happened to be in Arlington ,Virginia...
When our sons were in grade school and discovered the joy of writing, I asked them to write a science fiction story for me. They gave...
(At San Diego Marine Corp Recruit Training; writing a letter back home) Dear Ma and Pa, I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and...
It is Friday 4th, January, 2019 and I never thought I would wake up with a VoiceMail on my TracFone. I stared at it as tho...
All through 2018, we have given our bodies the best: food, water, clothing, but due to human frailty, the soul is often left out in the...
Consider: Monday, June 20th; it is 6 a.m.(years ago) I had finished my morning coffee and chat session with my friends and was on the way...
The letter arrived among lots of other pieces of mail. It was marked “URGENT”. This should have caught my attention and would have been ripped open...
For 1,500 years and ending in the 8th century, B.C., a civilization existed at the tip of the Arabian peninsula. The surrounding desert was made fertile...
A person once said that all through grade school, he sat behind Charlie. When Charlie didn’t come to school, He would go over to his house...
Set the calendar back to 2,000 years before the rise of a scientific community before medical science knew for certain what was inside our bodies and...
Weekends and holidays are the prime times for advertisers to stuff flyers into the daily newspapers, adding to what I call the “pulp padding”. You can’t...
I remember when one of my early morning coffee friends celebrated his 83rd birthday. He and his wife fully enjoy their retired years mowing their lawn...
Shecky Green, a Las Vegas stand-up comedian, often boasted of his long relationship with the renowned Frank Sinatra. He said it came in handy one dark...