We have a hairy woodpecker in our yard that deserves to be reported to the National Audubon Society as an endangered individual. He must think it’s Halloween because all morning he has been knocking on my back door and flying away when I answer. No...
It only lasted one day. A heavy rain stripped bright yellow and red leaves from their summer branches and blanketed our lawn. For twenty-four hours we had the most magnificent carpet anyone one could imagine. The leaves had not yet begun to dry. They were...
Many schools no longer teach cursive. Children are so keyboard literate it seems the only use for cursive is to sign one’s name. I always despised penmanship class. We had to make endless ovals which for me always looked like a tornado on its side...
One of the greatest things that ever happened to us was moving to Africa. Instantly we were surrounded by birds and animals we previously had only read about or had seen in documentaries. The best thing of all was all the new people. We had...
One of my students told me he didn’t believe in anything that wasn’t tangible. I took a twenty dollar bill and a one dollar bill out of my wallet and asked, “If I gave you the opportunity to have one of these, which would you...
If we were playing Jeopardy the answer would be “a blend of tomatoes, carrots, celery, beets, parsley, lettuce, watercress and spinach.” And the question would be “What is V8 juice?” I have always loved V8 juice. I think it’s good for us. At least it...
I have a couple of undergrads in one of my classes who can dunk a basketball. Upon learning of their athletic skills I assured them that I too can dunk, no, not a doughnut, a real basketball. They immediately acclaimed that I could indeed as...
The acorns being crushed as one drives in and out of our driveway sound like we are making popcorn. The oaks must have enjoyed the dry summer because we have an abundance of acorns. The squirrels are going crazy trying to cache them away for...
There are 695 songs in the hymnal at my church. I think there are approximately 230 of them that I have never sung or heard. So it was no surprise last week when we started singing Wonderful Peace and my eyes drifted to a strange...
There was a little guy in the grocery cart ahead of me. He looked to be about twelve months old and I have to say this was not a good looking baby. As I was trying to ascertain just what it was that was so...