Swigging hot beverages, the patrons gazed at laptops, typing like mad or just staring in a mesmerized trance. Some chatted in easy camaraderie with smiling friends. Others settled back on the [Read more...]
What is wrong with us? Where is the goodness And the patient grace And the love of our fellowman? Bullies degrade Racists divide Murderers in the name of vengeance, Slaughterers for a God I [Read more...]
A steady flow of strangers swept in and out, like a harried trail of ants. We were drowning in the throes of demolition. Our much anticipated anniversary trip to the Dominican Republic speedily [Read more...]
We never saw it coming. High marks dominated the website. A plethora of positive comments. They quoted us a reasonable price and assured us they didn’t need to come look first. Congenial and [Read more...]
Women are awesome and amazing, Or terrible and hurtful. Some have forgotten high school ended eons ago, and are still hanging on to the same prejudices, criticisms, pettiness, jealously and [Read more...]
Raised on a dairy farm, and the only boy in a family of six, hard work was no stranger to my Dad. He rose early, milked cows, rode the tractor for hours on end and filled his days with the never [Read more...]
(I will begin a weekly series with photos of our purchase of this foreclosure and the months of remodel that followed.) What was I thinking? It wasn’t the plan, I guess we really didn’t have a [Read more...]
Forgive me Did I forget to say it Lord? Did I forget yesterday and the day before and maybe the one before that? Did I get so carried away with my requests that I forgot a most important [Read more...]
To say I was excited was an understatement! It had been a long day directing a TV commercial for the furniture store I stage, but I finished early. Time to pick up The Preacher and my son for the [Read more...]
For years I lived my life based on a lie. I don’t recall anyone saying these particular words. I’m not sure that anyone intended me to sum the complex equation of my life’s path into two [Read more...]