Dark green leaves of August hung still in today's heavy summer haze. The day was filled with activities that required little movement lest one begin to sweat and stick to everything. Sitting at a table by an open window I listened to and watched my...
It won’t be long now until the hummingbirds that frequent our feeders will start their very long journey south. They are such a joy. They are amazingly brazen. They will come and feed while you are standing right by the bright red feeder. One day...
G-20 meetings are reminiscent of a story found in Job 1. It appears that the sons of God, the representatives of the various worlds in the universe, assembled before God. At that time Satan was the representative of our world. A dispute arose between God...
Being snowed-in in 2009 isn't quite the same as it used to be. First of all those weather people on television told us it would start to snow at nine o’clock. It started at nine o’clock. They told us we would get a foot. Aha,...
I didn't write a devotional last evening because of the "Blank Brain Disease." Long I sat with my fingers on the keyboard as I stared at the computer screen. Usually that works if I sit long enough. Last night it just didn't work. The blank...
There doesn't seem to be anything on television except reruns. The problem with reruns is most weren't worth watching the first time. Wouldn't it be grand if we had the opportunity to do reruns of episodes of our lives? I would like some do-overs. There...
I have finally figured out how old Adam and Eve were when they had to leave the Garden. They were six! At least that's how they acted. I'm sure most of you heard or saw on the news this afternoon about the six-year-old little boy...
It is apple picking time. Bags of Cortland, Macintosh and Golden Delicious apples sit in unmanned roadside stands. There are pails for your money. Someone will come along in late afternoon to collect the cash that has accumulated during the day. Hundreds of cars will...
Yesterday was one of our hottest days yet this year. I wouldn't bother to mention it except a young man stopped by and asked if he could please plow the snow out of my driveway this coming winter. Now how could I say no to...
The following is bad news for us multitaskers. Some of us pride ourselves on the ability to do several things at once. The bad news is the latest psychological studies have concluded that we really can't walk and chew gum at the same time--at least...