We’ve all got one; in fact, we couldn’t get rid of it even if we wanted to, which I don’t. It goes with us everywhere and can be our friend or our worst enemy. It can be wild and outlandish or even send us false messages. Our imaginations! Have you ever heard a noise, or […]
Jun 29, 2014
Sauntering Through Sunday
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I love this wet weather! Yesterday as Matt, Dawn, Sara and Nathan came, rain began to fall. Matt had planned to grill outside but the rain changed plans and Dawn fried burgers inside. It was a pleasant supper. Somehow, rain just seemed to make things cozier. My plants, grass, and flowers certainly agree with me. […]
Jun 26, 2014
The Power of Your Presence
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We’ve all been in situations where we don’t know what to say. Perhaps a friend or acquaintance is undergoing trauma or grief and we feel we should do something, say something, because we want to help. We want to show that suffering person that we care. Maybe we are afraid if we say anything, it […]
Jun 24, 2014
Speaking of Etta Bend…
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Since Saturday’s Latty/Willis Family Reunion, I’ve been thinking a lot of Etta and what life must have been like for Levi and Edna Latty and their children. And, I’ve thought about families and their importance in American life. Actually, families are America’s life and their importance cannot be stressed enough. I like to think of what […]
Jun 20, 2014
Fearless Friday
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Not that any day of the week can have courage, but it might be good this one day to practice being courageous, less fearful, and more hopeful. Doubtless, everywhere we look, there are reasons to fear. I don’t mean that we should put our heads in the sand. We need to know what’s going on […]
Jun 19, 2014
Thoughtful Thursday
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A bluejay youngster dropped out of my neighbor’s blue spruce and landed on the sidewalk. Fluttering his wings, he evidently needed some sort of assistance, so both parents came winging in. They poked food into his hungry mouth and tried to encourage him to fly by flying and hopping short distances. The baby gave it […]
