I just finished reading an editorial that ridiculed a few companies for running advertisements on television encouraging us with assurance that we as a nation will gain from the economic downturn. According to the optimistic advertisements the gain will be a better appreciation for what...
We had a serious steering issue with our car. You can imagine the sinking feeling in my stomach when I heard just the parts would cost 1700 dollars. However, there was some good news. Those same parts could be retrieved from a car just like...
While walking my dog last evening I watched one of my neighbors pull out of her driveway. She used her turn signal. Obviously it was an involuntary habit since there was no other car in sight and traffic behind her was minimal. While purchasing a...
I did not know before this weekend that apple seeds are not true to their fruit. If we plant a seed from a Gala apple we will not get a tree that produces Gala apples. Johnny Appleseed did not spread Cortland apples westward from Leominster,...
When I think back on it I chastise myself for my youthful arrogance. How could I have been so uncaring and disrespectful? A few miles from my school in Uganda there was a huge outcrop of rocks. I spent the afternoon of my 30th birthday...
While rummaging around in an old box I came across a computer Scrabble game. I have not played it in years and I wondered if I was still up for the challenge. It gave me the option of setting the computer to novice, amateur, expert...
Last evening on America's Got Talent a young man played the piano. It must have been brilliant because he garnered enough votes to move on to the semifinals. The amazing thing was no one could hear him play. A dancer inadvertently kicked a cable loose...
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...