Sep 21, 2014 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
I like cats. They don’t always like me. But then, that may be the source of my inherent respect—I secretly admire their independence. Dogs are born to please. They come running at your bidding…but a cat? Not so much. It can be irritating or endearing when a cat...
Sep 14, 2014 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
The gymnasium was hot and crowded when we arrived. It wasn’t that the crowd was so terribly large, but that the gym was so terribly small! It was, after all, a fifty year old Junior High School. Half a century ago, architects never imagined that any sporting event...
Sep 7, 2014 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
One of my hobbies is interior decorating, though I don’t like to brag about it to my man-friends. There have been times I’ve forgotten where I am and let it slip that I have a passion for good interior design. When that happens, my friends fall silent and look down to...
Aug 31, 2014 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
I was hyper-active long before The Roadrunner caught his first glimpse of Wylie Coyote. Stir in a good dose of attention deficit and you have the essential elements of my childhood. Although age has mercifully slowed my metabolism, allowing me to corral my focus long...
Aug 24, 2014 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
Gravel sprayed in all directions as I slid into the barn lot and jumped out of my little red convertible. I was pumped! This was my first day as a farmhand. Wayne ambled from the farm house, working a toothpick like a crowbar, his focused gaze and determined steps...
Aug 17, 2014 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
“So I played the heart on the nine and Gladys, totally disgusted, dropped her hand on the table so firmly it nearly caused my Chamomile tea to splash over onto my mother’s embroidered table cloth,” Millie Garrett chuckled and continued in her charming southern drawl,...
Aug 10, 2014 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
We try to make Fridays our date-night—you know, dinner and a movie. After we agreed there were no new movies that interested us, we discussed restaurant choices. Marilyn and her sister had recently enjoyed their visit to a roadside restaurant near Hebron and she...
Aug 3, 2014 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
We recently celebrated Marilyn’s birthday. It’s been a long association—Marilyn and me. I don’t remember when we first met, probably in Sunday school as first graders. Our families attended Oakthorpe Christian Union Church. Oakthorpe, for those of you who don’t know,...
Jul 27, 2014 | Blog Post, Weekly Devo
It’s Sunday afternoon at the softball park. My granddaughter, Laney, is playing her umpteenth game of the summer. Now its tournament time, which means we play a game, sit a game, etc. It’s a luxury really, the free time it affords; I’m writing this article to redeem...
