I just came from Penney’s. If I owned stock I would sell it just as soon as the markets opened in the morning. If they wondered why I was the only customer there, they should note they are selling t-shirts for $90 marked down 40%. ...
Ah the sweetness of a summer evening. It’s been over 90 degrees today and the soft gentle breeze lilting its way across the oak and maple covered mountains brings refreshment akin to an icy drink. The sound is a symphony of almost silence. I heard...
House sparrows count. They know the difference between two and three. Our squirrel-proof birdfeeder (it isn’t) closes when three sparrows sit on the perch. Two sparrows can feed as much as they want, but when a third sparrow tries to land, resulting in closure for...
I’m trying to decide which season I enjoy the most. While I enjoy the warm days of summer when I go to the grocery store in the summer, people appear in all manner of undress. Maybe one in fifty is attractive. The rest should be...
It’s summer time and New England’s lily-laden roadsides are decorated with farm stands overflowing with sweet corn, tomatoes, squash and a wonderful assortment of God’s bounty. Yesterday I stopped and bought tomatoes. They are so much better than the hothouse tomatoes at the supermarket. I...
I just finished writing a letter of recommendation for a former student. Mark Twain once said recommendations should be filled out by our enemies because they will tell the truth about us. When reading letters of recommendations one must pretty much ignore what is written...
In Galatians 5 Paul is very emphatic regarding our adding anything of value toward the payment for eternal life. He wants to make sure we understand that salvation is not a 50% payment of effort on our part with Christ making up the other half. ...
One of the first things one is taught when taking flying lessons is not to believe what one sees or feels. It has been proven over and again that our senses do not always tell us the truth. Pilots are taught to trust their instruments...
Our world is full of passwords. I’m sure I must have a dozen different ones for various computer accounts. If I lost my password book I would be in huge difficulty. Through the years it has gotten difficult to use because of having to change...
Words are pictures of ideas. We might be tempted to think some words are merely pictures of things. But things are ideas. One of the most endearing word ever is Mother. Mother is an idea embracing so much more than one human. A Car is...