A late friend’s garage only had a car and maybe spider webs, not so with mine. In one of my forays to straighten up,...
My mother amazed me that she could cook up three big meals a day on the farm. She was adept with the kitchen utensils of...
Wow!! Did you feel that, well, maybe not, but last June 21, 2003, a surprise asteroid the size of a football field nearly hit home?...
Mention James Arness to anyone, “Alive or Dead?” they will say “dead.” He was the star of the long-running TV show GUNSMOKE; the cast brought...
… God had us in mind and had something better and greater in view for us… Hebrews 11:40 “The question of whatever happened to the...
An old story retold-you go into a restaurant for a good meal and to enjoy an outing, but before you can place your order, the...
Ah, a perfect day! I was leaving the town restaurant where I had enjoyed a country breakfast. I felt like Columbus sailing in search of the...
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...
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well – Matthew 6:33 Newspapers and television dote on articles...
C.S. Lewis’ the NARNIA movies bumped off a remake of KING KONG and once made it to the top of the moviegoers’ list. In many...
Nowadays, everything comes either assembled or in a kit with easy-to-put-together instructions, usually in at least three languages. The early kits used to brag that the...
“In today’s culture, some people think it is not proper to tell others they are wrong. Many believe all religions are equal and the Bible...
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....
It has come that time again to think of hooking up to the boat trailer and going after “the one that got away”. My uncle and...
When my doctor told me that I needed blood work. An appointment was made for an early morning sample. Fasting for this means that breakfast...
Free TV is a wilderness of almost nothing to watch, I, as a victim, was surfing to find a few minutes of useless watching and...
I love to watch an uninterrupted PBS program, especially if it applies to science. A recent 2-hour presentation did its best to trace the genetic...
In these modern times, not a day goes by without being bombarded with get-rich schemes. It could happen that you would get rich, but the odds...
“Is God blind?” Blindness as we know is a condition where one cannot see, being in complete darkness. Rhetorically, we could say that the condition...
A popular magazine is once again exploring the science of HAPPINESS. I have always been interested in what makes a person happy & myself: that...
Oh my!!! When it happens: The gravy on my best tie or the favorite ballpoint pen in my shirt leaks at the wrong time. Take...
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...
A fellow lady employee had a severe hearing loss. When she got married and the children came along, she had to resort to an aid to...
It could be due to that one extra slice of New Year’s pizza that should have been ignored. I have been there and paid my dues...
New Year’s Day fell on December 25 until Gregory XIII revised the Julian calendar in 1582 and changed it to January 1. Janus the god of...
It is God Himself that has made us what we are and given us a new life in His Son. – Ephesians 1:10 Christmas, the holiday...
A newspaper article stirred some of my past memories. It caused me to ponder over the wonderful gift that God gives us all; the ability to...
The season is here, the winds are blowing warm and then cool. The trees have a few leaves but are losing the battle. Children are having...
We knew it was coming and we had 365 warnings. The season has begun and we are hearing JINGLE BELLS, FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, and THE CHIPMUNKS...
When did you last hear someone say, “Oh, that is a lot of baloney!” I was placing an order at the delicatessen for a 1/4 pound...