And so 2013 has begun. Tomorrow starts the first full week. Most everybody has gone back to work and the kids are hitting the books again. Guess it’s time for this writer to start making a book again. Time to think about new characters or about how the old characters have changed as the years have passed since I’m going …
Dream Big
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark. ~Michelangelo At this time of the year, everybody talks about making New Years’ resolutions. Here are some you might hear or even make yourself. Lose weight. Eat healthier foods. Exercise more. …
Snow, 2013, and Winners
2013. Now that’s a number that can make you sit up and take notice. I don’t know why, but it just seems more in the future than 2012. Maybe that’s because it is – in the future. The year to come. A year full of the unknown. Good unknowns. Perhaps not so good unknowns. Would you like to know what …
Savoring the Christmas Spirit
Figuring out the nesting Santa puzzle Christmas Day is past. The kids came, shared lots of laughter, food and fun and then went home. My daughter and her husband and their two dogs just took off about an hour ago. The snow was only a dusting here so no problem for them to go south. Lots of chores waiting for me. Got …
One Story Never Gets Old
We had our Christmas program at our little church tonight. First we had a Candlelight service, one of my favorite services of the year, but I missed half the service because I couldn’t leave Mom’s until my sister came. But I did get to see the kids act out the first Christmas with a little help from some of the …
Jesus in the Center
I like Nativity Sets. I have three. One in minature, one that my daughter gave me several years ago that is fragile, and one that’s made of wood so the grandkids can arrange the figures to their hearts’ content. One of my granddaughters set up the one in the picture. She has all the people, and the animals too, pushing in close …
12-12-12 – A Great Day for a Dozen Fruitcakes
The 12th day of the 12th month of the 12th year – a once in a century day, but then aren’t all days a once in a lifetime and then gone days? Still, it was neat seeing all the 12-12-12s. One couple got married at 12 noon. Another baby was born a few minutes after 12 noon. Both made the …
The Joy of Christmas Trees – New and Old
“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” ~Burton Hill Finally with a little help from my youngest grandkids, I got my tree decorated. Isn’t that the way of it? The ones old enough to be real help stop wanting to help with things like this while the little ones who …
Two Houses, Two Stories
“A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.” ~Benjamin Franklin This house contains nothing but memories and echoes of what once was. It’s a house in my town that has always been a source of wondering for me. So when the current owners agreed to put the house …
Christmas Contest and Stories
It might be sixty-five degrees outside here in Kentucky, but it is December. Christmas is on the way. And one of the best things about Christmas is the spirit of giving. Gifts, gifts and more gifts. I’m getting on board the gift giving train by having a Christmas giveaway. st prize is a pair of these fun bookends, winner’s choice …