A distinguished appearing elderly man sat across from me in a waiting room this afternoon. He must have been eighty and bore himself with dignity. The journal he was reading indicated a professional background. I was curious and was about to open a conversation with...
My father was a school teacher. His brother was a school teacher. His brother's wife was a school teacher. My step-mother was a school teacher. I married a school teacher. As a school teacher I stand in the midst of a family tradition. This evening...
I enjoy getting email responses to the almost daily devotionals I send to you. Most of the time the responses are pleasant reactions to a story that triggered a good memory for someone. Occasionally I get negative replies. That's okay. I am certainly under no...
If it had been a plain grayish moth I would have merely crushed it for being inside my house, but this was a beautiful Monarch butterfly and ever so carefully I cupped it in my hands to take it outside. As I watched it drunkenly...
I must be having a midlife crisis. But that was supposed to be fifteen years ago. I’m late! One of the first cars I ever had was a brand new 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang. Some of you motor-heads will remember that was the year number because...
I saw a guy standing in front of the magazine wall at Barnes and Noble stealing sniffs of aftershave. You know those cologne advertisement pages in magazines that you peel back and release wonderful scents. He was sniffing and then putting the magazines back on...
While waiting for our pizza this evening at Chucky Cheese I enjoyed watching a four-year-old little boy beat the system. He was playing Skee-ball. Actually the word "playing" isn't quite the right word. He was picking up the ball, running up the lane and depositing...
A seven layer burrito at Taco Bell is a good value. It's fairly healthy, but a bit heavy on the calories because of the avocado, the sour cream and the flour tortilla. What I enjoy about it is each bite tastes different. If you don't...
If I put all green wood in my wood stove nothing happens. I can put all kinds of fire starters under them only to come back a bit later to find the fire starter is consumed and the green wood is just sitting there. I...
The yearly subscription price is only ten dollars for twelve issues. That's good. However it gets better. There is a guarantee that states if I do not save $1500 over the next year by following their money-saving advice, they will refund my ten dollars. It...