While dedandelioning my yard I was smitten with how beautiful they are. Not only do they have that lovely yellow blossom, the white orb of seeds is great fun to blow into the wind. If it were not for those not so beautiful leaves and...
One of my students brought me a dandelion expressing how beautiful it was. She was right. It was glorious with its bright yellow petals splaying out in a perfect circle. What surprised me was she did not know what it was. She did not know...
While channel surfing this morning I came across an old Hopalong Cassidy film. I had forgotten how wonderfully unrealistic they were. Hoppy always shoots the gun out the bad guy’s hand without wounding it. The bad guy’s bullets never hit anything the bad guy is...
I began one of my classes this morning by reading the close of I Thessalonians 5. Verse 24 is wonderful. It says, “The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.” The mind is a strange thing. Memories that have been tucked...
I am about to reveal how uninformed and unobservant I am. While I was staring at the keyboard on my laptop I saw something new to me. There is a small number 1 on the j key and a 2 on the k key and...
At the Connecticut/Massachusetts border on I-84 there is a unique restaurant that not only has good food but also allows you to browse shelves of books and take a book home – free. It’s one of my favorite places. This past week I found a...
Recently I met a man who cannot read. He doesn’t know I know. It took me quite a while to catch on. He is very skilled at covering. When eating out he will browse the menu and then always say to the server, “I’ll have...
Last summer a sea gull tagged the top of our car with two large white deposits. Much to my distress they would not wash off. I tried different kinds of auto polish and WD 40 and gasoline, all to no avail. I exhausted my repertoire...
Jesus was a very social person who apparently enjoyed gala events and weddings. Many of His parables are built around weddings and feasts. As a matter of fact the only real accusation his enemies could mount against Him was His attendance at feasts with questionable...
Do you have your invitation in hand? Do you have your plane tickets to London all booked? Did you buy a new suit? Well, just in case you are one of the rest of us peons who did not receive an invitation to the royal...