Monthly Archives: November 2021

The man slowly looked up. This was a woman clearly accustomed to the finer things of life. Her coat was new. She looked like that she had never missed a meal in her life. His first thought was that she … Continue reading →

It’s the first Monday in Advent, the beginning of a new church year.  Here we are preparing for the greatest beginning of all – the birth of a baby in Bethlehem, a baby that would change the world. Think about … Continue reading →

My husband printed a really colorful chart showing a countdown from 100 to 1.  I laminated it and put it on my bulletin board and started marking off the countdown for the last 100 days until retirement from teaching.  The anticipation grew … Continue reading →

We are in the midst of “the most wonderful time of the year” and maybe have been since before Halloween as the Christmas decorations, advertisements and commercials seem to appear earlier every year.  It is a wonderful time for Christians … Continue reading →

But a GOOD man.”  These are the words used to describe Ben Cromwell by one of his new friends at his memorial service last week.  Ben was indeed a good man.  A man whom you could depend upon to welcome … Continue reading →

I had to take out the garbage. Grumble, grumble, grumble. It’s a quarter mile walk from my apartment to the dumpster. GRUMBLE, GRUMBLE, GRUMBLE! On the way I passed the tennis court fence which is covered with jasmine in full … Continue reading →

I just read a poem called the empty chair prayer.*  As we prepare for thanksgiving, we think of all the things that we are thankful for. I am thankful for all the people in my life that have previously occupied … Continue reading →

I was born in 1961 and all my childhood took place in Pinellas County, FL. Others know it as the Tampa Bay area or Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater. My parents bought a new house in a newly developing neighborhood in Largo, now … Continue reading →

I recently had the pleasure of sharing in a reunion of old college friends, all of us eighty or older. It’s hard to describe the joy found among twelve women whose friendship has survived more than sixty years, a lifetime … Continue reading →

I will just guess that most of you reading this blog will be folks who give thanks.  You do not wait until the 4th Thursday of every November to offer God your thanks. “Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is … Continue reading →