This will be my 71st Christmas. In that time I have been given a lot of Christmas presents. Some I loved Some I pretended to like but really did not Some were expensive Some were not so expensive Some were store-bought Some were homemade Some shown that the giver had really put a lot of […]
In my reading I love to collect those one or two sentence phrases that make me laugh or make me think. Here are a few I hope you enjoy. Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society…Mark Twain Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits […]
In my reading I love to collect those one or two sentence phrases that make me laugh or make me think. Here are a few I hope you enjoy. Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society…Mark Twain Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits […]
Reading the story of creation recently I was struck once again by the one thing that God said was not good. Each day He created something and then said it was good. Until the sixth day when he created man. He stood back, looked at the highlight of all His creation and noted that there […]
Dr. Tanya, at Salted Caramel, asked four questions about blogging. She calls the questions “retrospective introspection.” Reading your own work, she says, is sometimes called a form of narcissism but she thinks a better description might be self-evaluation or self-assessment. With that in mind, I have responded to her questions. Here are her four questions: […]
Growing up in a Christian home, I learned to pray at a very young age. Prayer was an important part of my family’s life. Every meal we took turns thanking God for our food. As the “baby” in the family my first prayers over meal time were memorized prayers like God is great, God is […]
In Christian circles we use the word “worship” to often refer to the twenty or so minutes we spend on Sunday morning singing songs. Depending on the church you attend the music may be very formal with hymn books, organ and perhaps a choir. It may consist of words projected overhead on a screen with […]
Most of us have heard of Ellis Island. Many of us who have traced our ancestry can lay claim to having descended from someone who came through Ellis Island on their journey to becoming an American citizen. Prior to 1892 immigration was controlled by individual states. On January 1, 1892 the Federal government opened an […]
In my reading I love to collect those one or two sentence phrases that make me laugh or make me think. Here are a few I hope you enjoy. Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society…Mark Twain Why does a woman work ten years to change a man’s habits […]
After moving to Michigan in October we have tried to do some sightseeing. However, cold weather is limiting that right now. Last weekend we had a beautiful sunshiny day so we took off on another adventure. We had no definite destination – just heading east and seeing what the day brought. Our first stop was […]
I wrote a few years ago about a favorite show from my childhood – Gunsmoke. You can check out that post here: Anyone Remember Gunsmoke? My husband and I found a TV channel that has Gunsmoke reruns every day at noon. Several days a week we watch the show while eating lunch. By now most […]
Just a few miles from my home is a sign that says “P.O.W. Camp Owosso.” The sign is outside of a oval track for car and motorcycle racing. Being new to this area, this sign caught my interest and I decided to do some research on the camp. Here is what I found. During World […]
I wrote a few years ago about a favorite show from my childhood – Gunsmoke. You can check out that post here: Anyone Remember Gunsmoke? My husband and I found a TV channel that has Gunsmoke reruns every day at noon. Several days a week we watch the show while eating lunch. By now most […]
Growing up I often heard my mother say that as you age time flies faster. I always thought that was silly. Time is time. It does not move slower or faster. A minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes. Same for everyone. Now that my mother is gone and I am the old […]
