There is an amazing similarity between Whac-A-Mole and life in general. Just when I think I have everything fixed in my house something breaks and needs attention. Often my wife will point it out and I know I should fix it right away but subconsciously...
Facebook has 1.71 billion users and it is only 12 years old. It seems like it has been with us forever. Mark Zuckerberg’s goal is to friend all of humanity. I almost want to start singing “What a friend with have in Mark.” I wonder...
Did you watch the Olympics? I watched them with mixed emotions. I admire those finely honed athletes. At the same time I am jealous, not merely for their skills, but jealous of the incredible self-discipline needed to be what they are. I heard one of the...
Forty years ago we returned from teaching in Uganda and moved to a glorious piece of leftover Eden called Calhoun, Ga. In the very first month of our ministry there I officiated at a funeral. After the service on the way to the cemetery I...
Yesterday my wife attended a CPR training course. As she was getting up from the floor, after practicing CPR, the instructor, younger than our sons, rushed over to help her get up. She saw him coming and quickly got up on her own. When she...
She is a Labrador Retriever. She is a water dog. So why does she hate rain? During our walk today we got caught in a serious downpour. This was soak your socks rain. This was drip off your nose and wish you had windshield wipers...
I saw something today I don’t understand. Maybe someone can help me on this. I saw a house with solar panels covering the entirety of a roof. What puzzled me was the house was densely shaded on all sides by very large trees. How effective...
Our dog is amazing. Thunderstorms boom and flash all over our neighborhood and she never lifts even an ear. It is no big deal. We can go out into the yard and feel the coolness of an approaching storm pushing away the heat of the...
It’s been a bit dry in New England. Our city has asked us to only water our lawns and gardens every other day. But today one of our neighboring cities has banned any lawn and garden watering. So the question is how do you know...
There is a tiny (really tiny) ant on my white kitchen countertop. What should I do? Should I leave it alone? If I don’t call it an it but instead call it a he or a she I am beginning to personalize her which colors...