It’s been a busy day doing the Lord’s work. It started snowing last evening and we are at about the two foot level now. That makes it very difficult for the chickadees, cardinals, blue jays and others birds to stay fed. We have had to...
I saw a really large lady win a Mini Cooper on the Price Is Right. As she stood beside her prize I could not but think of being a little boy at the circus watching a cadre of clowns getting out of their little car. ...
A storm is coming. A big one. Weather gurus are using the “blizzard” word telling us twenty to thirty inches of snow is coming for New York City and the same for central Massachusetts. People are flocking to grocery stores and making sure their cell...
About a month ago someone told me they heard me say “…” about a year ago. I told them I had not said that. This past week someone asked me what I preached about two weeks ago. I could not remember. If that is the...
While listening to some old codgers sharing “Fish” stories, I was impressed by the number of times they used the word “was.” I was a teacher. I was a contractor. I was a carpenter. On and on they used the “was” word. I didn’t hear...
I hold in my hand a list of fifteen names. They are my new students coming to class tonight for the first time. It is less than two hours from now and I am sure a good share of them are apprehensive. They don’t know...
One of my best friends passed away last week. Today I took his name out of my address book. Now only his wife’s name appears before that last name. When I pressed the delete key it seemed so wrong. In an instant it was like...
Tattoos seem to have become omnipresent. They appear in all manner of designs and significance. Today I saw a new one. The wearer announced that it was to commemorate the bombing at the Boston Marathon. My first reaction was one of bewilderment that someone would...
Her size made her difficult not to see. She was more than ample as she rolled about under her sweat pants. She was accompanied by what were most likely her grandchildren as they made their way to a table beside us at a Dairy Queen. ...
This year’s flu shot has only been 23% effective. It has been the wrong medicine against this year’s batch of bugs. It’s not the first time we have used the wrong medicine. Just ask poor George Washington whose doctors bled him to death. Often we...