If you are looking for a great verse to start off your week, look no further. I have a verse for you. It is Philippians 1:18-19. Paul is praying for us and he said, “I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened...
I used to think that Salvador Dali’s drooping, melting clocks were just the machinations of a deranged mind. Time was a static, sequential, consistent linear flow of events with attached numbers. Time could be plotted out by stories followed by more stories of human events. ...
Yesterday I saw the most beautiful field of dandelions. There must have been ten thousand yellow smiles spread beyond and around a New England stone wall. Some, like us, had turned gray and some, like us, had been blown bald. Dandelions are so under appreciated. ...
The Defense Chief of North Korea, Hyon Yong Chol, was executed last week with an anti-aircraft gun at a public gathering. He is one of 70 officials to have been executed since 2011. Hyon Yong Chol’s crime was falling asleep during a meeting when Kim...
This past Sunday noon found us sitting on a university quad in the sun in a sea of humanity watching 900 graduates one by one march across the stage and receive their college degrees. For three hours we sat not knowing 899 of the graduates. ...
We had a surprise visitor. Indian Pipe or as sometimes called the Ghost Plant appeared in our front yard. It is a unique plant that grows out of the decayed residue of other plants. It commands our attention because of its pale appearance. It doesn’t...
We live on top of James Carter Hill. No not Jimmy Carter. We don’t live in Georgia. (We used to and another story for another day is when my wife rounded a corner and barely missed running over Jimmy Carter’s son.) At the bottom of...
Denny’s has a value menu listing $2, $4, $6, and $8 items. One of the $4 dollar items is called “All you can eat pancakes.” It sounds really good except underneath the description are the words, “Limit Restrictions Apply.” So it really is misnamed. It...
Thermometers are extremely useful. They can tell us if our coughing and sneezing are the result of springtime pollen or a real cold. They tell cooks just how hot to make the oven or if we should take a coat to work today. They are...
Our fruit trees are in full bloom. Apple trees and cherry trees are breathtakingly beautiful. You could easily call both the apple and cherry trees “cheery” trees. A storm passed through this afternoon and something strange happened to one of the cherry trees. The wind,...