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Bring your left hand next to your right hand with knuckles touching (interlocking fingers dangling downward). Next, raise your index fingers and put them together, then your pinky fingers raise and touch together and lastly, bring your thumbs together.  If you … Continue reading →

A couple of months ago, Jill referenced a quote by Anne Frank in her blog.  It especially touched me as I too had been thinking about the Frank family and how they had lived in an attic in total isolation … Continue reading →

When I arrived in Vermont this June, my brother John had started two beautiful tomato plants for me.  The plants already had small green tomatoes with the potential to become delicious red fruits to delight us in August.  I love … Continue reading →

I knew a man named Bernie. He never used his full name, Bernhard, because he hated being named after a dog. I tried to convince him that he was probably named after  Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, but he never accepted … Continue reading →

Paulette and I enjoy watching Antiques Roadshow. One of the more interesting items we’ve seen was an ancestral Civil War letter written home from a military hospital. Apparently, many people have Civil War letters, but this one was special, because … Continue reading →

Some questions naturally lead to a good “verbal tussle.” This is one of them. It is a controversial question, which is sadly regrettable. It polarizes Christians into camps: the mainline, stoic, denominational church pitted against the Pentecostal, holiness expression. Mainliners … Continue reading →

You probably recognize that phrase.  It’s a line in the lyrics of “It is well with my soul.”  But what is a sea billow?  I found a definition that it is a large sea wave surging in a moving ridge, … Continue reading →

Funny how, as a youngster, I could watch this particular pair of cartoon characters (Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote by Looney Toons and Merrie Melodies) over and over. Wise enough to know the Road Runner would be saved and … Continue reading →

Today I celebrated my “Medicare” birthday as my recently Medicared friends have dubbed it.  I looked forward to this birthday as much as other milestone birthdays like turning 16 or 18 or 21, but for a different reason. The big … Continue reading →

I never want to lose the sense of wonder that I feel when I look at the world around me.  I stare across this wide beautiful lake at sunset and see the “purple mountains majesties.”  Shaded in glorious hues from … Continue reading →