Author Archives: joyocala

During my semi-quarantine of Covid, I decided to do some research into places to visit in and around Ocala once the pandemic ended.  One in particular that appealed to me was The Yearling, a restaurant in Hawthorne which is about … Continue reading →

You may have noticed a trend in my blogs, if you are a regular reader.  Over the last few weeks, I have been enjoying the beauty of the beasts that live around our little cottage here on Lake Champlain.  The … Continue reading →

I love hymns. They aren’t easy to write. You have to have some idea you want to get across and then pay attention to meter (the number of syllables and where the accents lie) and rhyme. Just as hard is … Continue reading →

When you see “lifetime guarantee” on a product, do you wonder whose lifetime- the consumer, the product, or the producer?  The lifetime of any of these could be today, ten or twenty years from now. We have a lifetime guarantee … Continue reading →

One of my favorite television shows of the ‘80’s – ‘90’s was “Home Improvement.” From the “Tool Time” banter between Tim and Al to the eye-rolling exasperation of long-suffering wife Jill, the program had a very homey, relatable humor to … Continue reading →

What a friend he is!   Jesus is not the backup when all else fails, he’s the first one we should go to.  The cool thing is, Jesus was our best friend when we were ten and playing kickball with the … Continue reading →

My mother was a phenomenal athlete in many different sports.  My brother inherited every athletic gene from her and I received zip, nada, none.  LOL.  Having admitted my lack of athletic prowess, it was traumatizing to wait patiently while team players were chosen, … Continue reading →

When I was a young person, I thought I had life by the tail.  Everything in my life came fairly easy to me.  I was a good student so school was not difficult, I was a fairly decent singer so … Continue reading →

We have an odd duck here at the lake this summer.  Normally, the abundant waterfowl are in large groups of similar attire.  The Canadian Geese, large and very noisy, like to gather at the far end of the cove when … Continue reading →

Yep, it’s six months to Christmas so by tradition today marks the birth of John the Baptist. There are several sets of stories about John the Baptist in the Gospels. The first set is the stories in Luke about the … Continue reading →