Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. ~Pearl S. Buck We just celebrated Thanksgiving and counted our blessings. I had plenty to count. Now we’re heading toward the Christmas holidays. …
The unthankful heart …discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds iron, so it will find in every hour, some heavenly blessings! ~ Henry Ward Beecher I have so many blessings to count on Thanksgiving Day that it would take me a while if I tried to even …
Family portrait after 15 or so anniversaries. A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. ~Paul Sweeney Forty-eight years ago I was spending my last night at home in my childhood bed. On the morrow I was getting married. Much too young. Only seventeen and barely …
Thanksgiving is only a week away. It’s almost time for us to start making all those favorite dishes. What are some of the dishes that you have to have on Thanksgiving? Here in Kentucky we have some favorites. Of course, it goes without saying that we love our turkey and dressing. My family never stuffed the turkey. We always made …
This wall holds the names of veterans in our community. This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. ~ Elmer Davis Do you know why we celebrate veterans on November 11? I like finding out the history behind holidays, so I did a little research. In 1921, …
Finding fun in simple ways makes the happiest days. (Unknown author) Are you happy? I hear you. Some of you are out there saying nobody can be happy all the time, and of course, you’re very right. But do you seek and find an underlying happiness that brings joy to life in many little ways? Like the fun of …
Drinking from My Saucer by John Paul Moore I thank God for the blessings That His mercy has bestowed. I’m drinking from the saucer ‘Cause my cup has overflowed. That’s what I was doing this last weekend as I attended a Christian Writers’ Retreat. Drinking from my saucer because my cup of blessings was running over. This has been my year …
What says Halloween like pumpkins? And what’s more fun than kids in a pumpkin patch? Actually my young granddaughter here is just hefting the pumpkin to show me. We were at the Shaker village near me and this pumpkin had turned loose of its vine and was too big a temptation for my granddaughter to pass by. She did put …
The beautiful part of writing is that you don’t have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile. __ Robert Cormier Last time here on my journal I talked about whittling – the real kind of whittling where you take …
Have you ever done any whittling? Do you even know what it means to whittle? I suppose a whittler could be making something out of the stick of wood he’s working over with a knife, but most of the time when a person is whittling, he’s just making wood shavings. Men are the ones I usually see working their knives on …