Yesterday, I let a most important day go by without even a mention: World Egg Day! Oh! I cringe in abject remorse! I had no idea. However, now that I think about it, an egg is pretty important to the health and wealth of people in general and me, in particular. When I was a […]
Oct 6, 2015
Yogi Berra
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“Take me out to the ballgame; take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks. I don’t care if I never get back.” So goes the once-popular song. My thoughts stray to some interesting baseball facts this morning. For example, on this day, October 6, 1926, Babe Ruth hit three home runs […]
Oct 5, 2015
Forget-Me-Not
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Yesterday as I listened to the radio, a most lovely tune came across the airwaves: Chopin’s Etude in E Major. Music says so many things that words cannot say. This melody penned by one of the Masters touches my heart. Poignant, haunting, lovely, passionate–all those things. It typifies sadness, hope, love remembered. In the container garden, […]
Oct 4, 2015
Little Surprises
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Life is full of blessings, large and small, but many times we don’t recognize them as blessings. How many of us have prayed for healing and when healing comes about, the doctor or the medicine gets the credit? We ask for safety and good health, for no unfortunate hitches in our lives and then complain about just another ordinary, boring […]
Oct 3, 2015
Wrens, Cozies, and Saunterings
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This morning, a wren came to visit. She didn’t come inside, just to the front porch. She lit on the window ledge, peeked in at me, hopped onto the porch support and flew away. I’ve seen her or her mate around all summer. Is she checking the progress of my next book? Is she thinking […]
Oct 2, 2015
My Thoughts on Leaven
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Have you heard the latest attempt at being politically correct by one of our country’s universities? The words “God”and “Jesus” are being banned. One after the other, our freedoms are falling. God is being removed from schools, from greetings(No more “God bless you” in some places.) And certainly, God’s laws or the Ten Commandments must be removed […]
