We have all received invitations to events where the inviter wishes for us to RSVP. They want us to respond. But what do those letters actually mean? It is a French expression. “Répondez s'il vous plaît.” I never knew that until right now when I...
Starbucks is being sued because they are underfilling their cups. I know it is shocking to many but an unscientific study indicates they advertise their Venti cold drink contains 24 ounces and it only has 14 ounces. The rest is ice. When will the mayhem...
If you are looking for a great verse to start off your week, look no further. I have a verse for you. It is Ephesians 1:18-19. Paul is praying for us and he said, “I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened...
Each morning I retrieve the memory disk from our trail camera to see who or what visited us during the night. It time stamps the pictures. Last night at 10 PM a mourning dove took a bath in a water tray on our patio. Strange. ...
Life isn’t fair. But you already knew that and didn’t need me to tell you. I was reminded this morning while getting a haircut. I could complain about the person who came in with a magnificent white mane while my barber was scanning my head...
When I was very little my father would set up a movie projector in our small living room. He would attach a white bed sheet to a wall and we would watch orchestras play Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky. Now via the wonders of technology we...
A thousand years ago the forests were so thick in Europe people who wandered too far from home often never found their way back. There were no signs, no maps. Actually there were few roads, only paths. Those paths had no names and the places...
I think the first color movie I ever saw was the Wizard of Oz. I have to confess I did not like it then and I still don’t. (However, it is a wonderful tearful experience to hear Judy Garland sing “Somewhere over the Rainbow.”) Before...
I’ve had to move my Fitbit to my right arm because of a spider bite on my left wrist. I have no idea when I was bitten but there is no doubt what it is. It is classic when compared with pictures of spider bites...
Enduring for over an hour the pedantic Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for the glorious triumphal choral ending (Ode to Joy) is like enduring the vicissitudes of life for the glorious beginning. It’s worth it. However, if you watch the Ninth on Youtube it is easy to...