Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. ~Vince Lombardi This fall while I was walking in my fields here on the farm, I decided to find a perfect leaf. I looked for one that had turned a lovely autumn color of red or orange or bright yellow. I wanted to take a picture of …
“Blessings only come to those who notice.” We have a thanksgiving and praise time every week at our little church where we can mention reasons we are thankful. The reasons don’t have to be something big or fantastic. They can simply be everyday blessings remembered by a grateful heart. A recent list mentioned children and someone giving someone a ride …
November 9, 1966 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. It’s November and so Dad says that we all need to think about our blessings and reasons we have to be thankful. Sunday morning, he challenged everybody at church to think of a new reason to be thankful each day for the rest of the month. I could do that. …
A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones. (Proverbs 17:22 NKJ) Usually when I repeat the above Bible verse, I just say the first part of the verse. I like thinking about the good medicine of smiles and laughter, but it’s not as good thinking about those with broken spirits and sadness in their …
I invited a writer friend over to share her preparation for vacation. Here’s what Kristy writes. Morning! If you saw my bags right now, you’d think I was going on a business trip. I made my list yesterday and it looked a little like this: * Chargers (Kindle, Phone, car, download cord for camera) * Laptop and accessories. * Folders …
It’s taken me a few weeks before I could write about sweet dog, Amber. Even now it makes me sad that the little dog’s life ended too soon. My granddaughter got Amber for her birthday a few years ago. She was a rescue dog. A miniature wire-haired dachshund. Maybe full bred. Maybe with a little something else mixed in. She …
Hidden Springs mystery 2 isn’t ready for readers yet. It’s still going through edits and won’t be released until July 2016. That sounds like a while yet, doesn’t it? We still have Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, and plenty of other days to fill the time before you’ll have a chance to read my …
“The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.” Oscar Wilde And so here is the “rest of the picture” of the last picture puzzle. Some of you got it all the way right. Sherry, Lillian, Juanita, Linda M, Deborah. Several of you got it mostly right. Patricia, Loretta, Flora, and Darlene. Connie and Barbara got it …
You all are just too smart for me. Even when I’m trying to stop being Mr. Nice Guy and pull out all the stops to trick you with a mystery picture, most of you still come up with the answer. Some of you must have grown up on a farm the way I did. I thought sure you’d think they …
October 19, 1966 Jocie Brooke here reporting from Hollyhill, Kentucky. It’s apple picking time here in Hollyhill. Makes me wish we had an apple tree in our yard. There are some old apple trees on the farm behind us. I’ve picked up some of those windfalls now and again for Aunt Love to make applesauce, but they aren’t big pretty …