Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I have so much for which I’m thankful this Thanksgiving, it would be hard to name all my blessings. I’m grateful for the freedom to worship, for my precious family, for my dear friends, old friends and new friends. I’m thankful, too, for those of you who visit my website. I tried to take a […]

Armistice! Peace, At Last!

My parents always called November 11, 1918, “Armistice Day.” Later, it was changed to Veterans’ Day” but to Mom and Dad, it was “Armistice Day.” My mother told me how excited they all were at Etta Bend when they found out the Great War was over. They shouted. They cried. They laughed. Finally, the soldiers […]

My Fascinating Foray into Politics

  This is a re-post of a dream I had, years ago. I thought it was interesting, but haven’t analyzed it and have no desire to. What made me dream such absurd things? Only my subconscious knows. A few years ago, I went through a period of recording a few of my dreams in a […]

Contrast

Contrast

Last night as I stepped out on the deck and glanced up at the trees, I was struck by the beauty of contrast. Shadows draped the lower trunks of the tall trees in my yard while the sun brightened their top branches. Sunshine and shadow, light and dark. If I had not looked up, it […]

This is Friday the Whatth?

This is Friday the Whatth?

Friday the 13th. An ominous day for those among us who are superstitions.  Thankfully, I’m not burdened by belief in superstitions; I don’t even read  my horoscope in the newspaper. I just don’t think a Christian needs to go there. My trust is in the Lord Jesus. He is all I need. And, after that […]

In the Good Old Summertime

In the Good Old Summertime

The picture is a reminder of the first week of May and the first-ever snow (for Arkansas) on that date. When summer sizzles like it did yesterday and probably will today, I go back and look at those snow pictures. But if looking at a picture of snow in May doesn’t cool me off, I […]