When I was very little before we moved to the country I loved Sunday mornings. One of the local churches rang the bell in their steeple to call people to worship. It was so beautiful as it echoed through the neighborhood. I have loved church...
Try as hard as I could, I could not remember what my wife gave me for Christmas. Finally, as carefully worded as possible, I asked her what she got me. Do not. I repeat. Do not ever do this. I will be hearing about this...
I was sitting in a waiting room this morning that had one of the machines that makes almost instant hot coffee. You take a small container and insert it in the top, close the lid, press a button and almost instantly coffee flows out. A...
I wasn’t feeling very good when I got out of the car at Murchison Falls in Uganda. As we climbed to the overlook I continued to feel worse and worse. Finally I moved off the trail a bit so I could lie down and throw-up. ...
The same man held up the same donut store in our town three times in two weeks. He was finally captured when the employee with the headset asked a drive-up customer to dial 911. Either this man needs to go to jail or to a...
The esteemed historian Will Durant wrote, “Since men love freedom, and the freedom of individuals in society requires some regulation of conduct, the first condition of freedom is its limitation; make it absolute and it dies in chaos. So the prime task of government is...
She looked to be about ten years old and her maternal instincts were soaring as she came out of the pet store. Cradled in her arms was a plastic bag filled with water. I never did see the fish because she was doing her best...
I’m going to guess when 99% of us hear “That’s all folks” we immediately think of the conclusion to a Loony Tunes cartoon. Usually it’s Porky signing off but occasionally Bugs has the honors. For a few moments the thought crossed my mind that we...
It started in the gardens behind our home in East Africa and ended in the front seat of our Ford Cortina. Somehow in my youthful foolishness I caught a seven foot long cobra and asked my wife to drive me to our school’s biology room. ...
Winter has finally arrived. We awakened this morning to a lovely white blanket covering our brownish yard and the maple and birch branches were outlined in white against the backdrop of a gray sky. It is a heavy wet snow and perfect for snowballs. It...