Here are those rest and relaxation in the middle of summer time quotes I promised. “Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” – Sir John Lubbock …
A Loving Church Family
Hi, everybody. Here it is Sunday again. Do you ever feel like the weeks are only three days long instead of seven? I know one thing – I try to shoehorn in about ten days of work into those seven days and it’s going to get worse for me before it gets better on the work front. The garden is …
A Good-bye Tribute to Hank and Other Good Dogs
We just got home from helping our daughter-in-law and grandkids bury their dog, Hank. He was 16 years old and my daughter-in-law found him as a stray before she and my son got married. My son is away on business and last night something happened to Hank and he couldn’t walk right this morning. Probably a brain tumor or a …
Independence Day Weekend – God Bless America!
Hi everybody. Hope you had a great Fourth of July with picnics and fireworks and fun as you celebrated our nation’s freedom. In our church bulletin today I put a quote from Pearl S. Buck “None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascination power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.” And that’s …
A New Book Makes an Optimist out of any Writer
Are you a glass half full or half empty type of person? I want to alway see my glass as half full and the truth of the matter is that my cup is most always running over and as someone more poetic than me once said, “I’m drinking out of the saucer.” I read another take on that from another …
What a Week!
Hi, everybody. Hope you had a great week and are looking forward to an even better one. They say the weather here mid-week will be fantastic and with the 4th coming up, that’s good news. Tuesday is my oldest granddaughter’s birthday. She’ll be 14. You know how old that makes me feel? Well, you don’t want to know and neither …
Advice from Kids
Here’s some good advice from kids that will be sure to make you smile while you’re agreeing with the truth of what they say. “Never trust a dog to watch your food.” Patrick, age 10 “When your dad is mad and asks you, ‘Do I look stupid?’ don’t answer.” Hannah, age 9 “Never tell your mom her diet’s not working.” …
Summer Weekends
Oh, those crazy days of summer. Do you remember when you were a kid and how the long weeks of summer stretched out before you when school let out in May or sometimes in June if we’d had a bad winter and missed a lot of school days? You looked forward to time to relax and sleep late and read …
Shaker Sayings
In celebration of my new book about a Shaker girl – The Outsider – coming out in a few weeks (August 1), I’m sharing some of my research with you this week. Here are some sayings attributed to the Shakers. They were a very practical people in many of their ways and they believed in “putting their hands to work …
A Tribute to My Dad
Hope all of you had a wonderful Father’s Day! And that you were able to give your dad a hug and maybe some little gift that he pretended to like. Well, maybe he really liked whatever you got him. My dad never was into gifts that much. He liked for us to come over and make homemade banana ice cream …