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Robert Frost is one of my favorite poets. One that I really love is “The Road Not Taken.” I feel the lastpart of that poem in many ways sums up my life. Many times, I think I have taken the “one less traveled by.”

On our recent trip north to the tip of the mitten to see the beautiful fall trees, we also found some great art galleries.  Just south of Charlevoix is the Bier Art Gallery housed in a beautifully restored school house.  The gallery is owned by Ray and Tami Bier.  The Biers were both artists when […]

The Voice of the Martyrs is a non-profit, inter-denominational Christian organization dedicated to assisting our persecuted family worldwide. VOM was founded in 1967 by Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, who was imprisoned 14 years in Communist Romania for his faith in Christ. His wife, Sabina, was imprisoned for three years. In the 1960s, Richard, Sabina, and their son, Mihai, […]

Listening to music this morning, this song brought tears – tears of joy – to my eyes.  It has been 66 years since I started this race with Jesus Christ.  There have been mountain tops of great joy, great excitement (to mention only a few – marriage, birth of children and grandchildren) and valleys of […]

My church has been doing a sermon series on the book of Daniel.  At first glance you might wonder how a book written thousands of years ago has any relevance to today.  As I listened to the messages each week I found it clearly spoke to our current culture today. As a Christ follower I […]

I have always been interested in history – especially American and English history.  My library contains biographies on almost every American president, most of our founding fathers, and other men or women who have played an important part in our country political system. Growing up I was told my grandmother was Irish.  She had red […]

This past year my husband and I did a lot of downsizing in preparation for a move from a nine-room house to a five-room house.  Part of our downsizing also was simply a recognition that we were at the age when we did not want to continue all the upkeep a large home and a […]

Reading once again one of Bonhoeffer’s books, I was reminded of his quote: “When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die.” My post from last year is still much a part of my questions for my nation. Grandma’s Ramblings I just finished reading (for the second time) the biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.  […]

My church has been doing a sermon series on the book of Daniel.  At first glance you might wonder how a book written thousands of years ago has any relevance to today.  As I listened to the messages each week I found it clearly spoke to our current culture today. As a Christ follower I […]

Tomorrow I will have an angiogram.  After several weeks of chest pain, shortness of breath and extreme fatigue, my doctor did a stress test last week.  The test indicates there may be some blockage in the lower part of my heart. Maybe – maybe not. So tomorrow I go in and if there is blockage […]

One story my husband hates for me to tell – but I get such fun out of telling is the Sunday a visitor showed up at church. My husband loved to get out of the office and into the community.  He felt just sitting at a desk all week was not the best way to be […]

I must confess that I am constantly looking for new words to use in a game.  When I read a book I am on the outlook for new words.  As I glance through a magazine, my eyes just seem to latch on to new words in the articles or the advertisements. During the commercials when […]

A rich young ruler came to Jesus with an important question: “What can I do to inherit eternal life?” Depending on what religious background you come from, there could be different answers. Some religions reject the very idea of “eternal life” and believe your spirit will live on in some form or another and that […]

Each year in October as I reflect on another year of life after my battle with breast cancer, I go back to different moments when God gave me strength for the battle. In this article I first wrote in 2014, I remember my first day of radiation and how God showed up. Grandma’s Ramblings  Some […]