If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? —Psalm 11:3 Before a builder builds a house, he pours a foundation. If the foundation is not solid, the house has problems. Sometimes, a foundation is firm to begin with, but, through the years, things happen. Water can seep in, causing cracks. A too dry climate […]
Jun 29, 2016
A Standing Up Girdle and Sitting Down Shoes
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It’s a fact that many young women today have had no experience with girdles. Slips, half-slips, pantyhose are relegated to the archaic and looked on as artifacts of a by-gone age, an age where convention usually prevailed and comfort took a back seat. Time was when we got dressed up to go downtown. Can you […]
Jun 23, 2016
Defying the Darkness
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It was a tiny, striped chipmunk, about one-third the size of D. C. the cat. D. C. had stalked her prey and the chipmunk had run until it had no place to go. Behind it was the corner of the yard with no escape route. I’m sure that small rodent’s heart was about to hammer […]
Jun 21, 2016
How Is Your Eye?
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Our Sunday School lesson was on a Bible passage that many of us have read again and again. The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if […]
Jun 14, 2016
Keep Her Flying High
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“You’re a grand old flag,” wrote George Cohan. I agree. Grand and beautiful and representative of freedom. Let’s stop a moment on this Flag Day to think about what our national banner means. To me, the Star Spangled Banner represents my Irish ancestors who left their own beautiful homeland and a heritage of centuries past, to […]
Jun 13, 2016
A Lazy, Rainy Yesterday
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Yesterday, I heard thunder while in Sunday school. Sure enough, when the class was over and I came out of the church building, the humidity hit me like steam. Rain fell almost all morning and part of the afternoon but that was fine. It was a good backdrop for Dawn’s birthday lunch. Rain, sun, and […]
