This past Christmas Eve our woodstove added its cheer to our home. It was most pleasant to watch the flames move behind the glass window. It was especially nice to push in the damper and watch the flames slow down to a graceful mesmerizing dance....
Literally tens of millions of dollars are being spent by politicians telling us true and untrue horrible things about their opponents. Lest we have the false idea that negative advertising is something new, let us remind ourselves it has been around a very long time. ...
I opened an old book this evening and found pressed between the crisp yellow-edged pages two violets. The book is very old and had belonged to my mother. Immediately a torrent of questions poured out of my mind. Where did she get them? Who gave...
One of the more intriguing verses of Scripture is Luke 2:52 which speaks of Jesus, as a child, growing in wisdom. When He was thirteen He wowed the scholars in Jerusalem with His expansive understanding of Scripture. Yet He lived in a poor village that...
I have always thought the American flag is beautiful. I love the color combinations of red, white and blue. I love the stripes and stars. I wonder if everyone thinks their country’s flag is beautiful. I have seen many flags that I think are (I...
Sunday morning dawned bright and beautiful with a brand new layer of eight inches of snow. However, one of my most unfavorite persons is the city snowplower. While our driveway has eight inches of soft fluffy snow the end of my driveway has what seems...
I sat in church watching a small child eat a box of Animal Crackers. I must confess I wish he had offered me one. I remember being his size and wishing I could have had Animal Crackers. I wasn’t allowed to eat in church. It...
My wife keeps a running Scrabble game with our older son. They do it electronically on their cell phones. It is a nice way to stay in close contact and it keeps him from forgetting he has parents who love him very much. The old...
The burn is less than two seconds as the shiny slim steel needle skillfully stealthfully slips though my skin into a vein. A burst of red rushes into the clear tube then turns pink and then clear as the life-saving fluid flows into my hungry...
In central Massachusetts the length of day between sunrise and sunset was 9 hours and 1 minute on the 19th through the 26th of December. It wasn’t just the darkest day of the year it was the darkest week. It is grand to celebrate the...