Well, it's that time of year again, where we in the United States celebrate another beloved holiday season, daylight savings time! Where we set our clocks back one hour. Where the days are increasingly darker for longer. Where the folks who suffer from S.A.D. (Seasonal Affective Disorder) pull out their lights to help them with … Continue reading Doldrums
As someone pushing just north of 60 years old, I have come to realize that I need to make the most of each and every day. The months and years are moving at a faster speed and I should not waste a precious minute. So here's a little humor first. You’re so old that I … Continue reading Basic life support
Here in Colorado, kids are starting to go back to school. So I thought this would be a great time for us to brush up on our English grammar. And it will be short and sweet. A pronoun is any of a small set of words (such as I, she, he, you, it, we, or … Continue reading Grammar Lesson
I just love how my brain makes connections between things. It gives me ideas for these posts. I also love how a single phrase can have more than one meaning. In a recent message, my pastor told us how you can remember the order of the small epistles in the Bible. Gentiles Eat Pork Chops, … Continue reading Busting my chops
Someone broke into my house last night. I did not have to shoot them though. I just pointed the laser sight on their head, and my three cats did the rest.No, this did not really happen to me. But it sure makes for an interesting visual!My favorite part of the NRA magazine is the Armed … Continue reading Stand Your ground
Mary Poppins had it right. Just a spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down. Or as Solomon said in Proverbs 17:22, a cheerful heart is good medicine. I do my best every day to use my gift of encouragement to be that spoon fill of sugar in someone's life. Because face it, sometimes … Continue reading Take your medicine
You will never forget your first time. (And every time thereafter ain't bad either.) When you experience it, the absolute power of it is so awesome, you break out in gleeful giggles! You step back and think, “Wow! Did that just happen? I need to do that again!” I'm talking about a giggle switch. This … Continue reading Giggle
I'll never know what he is going to show with after he's gone to the livestock auction. Once it was goats. Another time a couple of sheep. Some times my husband buys some great animals. One of these was a Dexter steer. Dexter cattle are a breed of cattle originating in Ireland. The smallest of … Continue reading BTW…
Where I live always gets cold this time of year. I mean really cold. This morning it was 18 degrees below zero (Fahrenheit), and it has now warmed up to 6 degrees above zero at 1 p.m. Today I was having a conversation with someone about a diesel station wagon we had in 1987. There … Continue reading Wax cold
My wife just came out of nowhere and said, "You weren't even listening, were you?" And I'm like, "That's a weird way to start a conversation." Now I want to apologize ahead of time here to you men reading, if you are not one of these guys. You can continue reading while laughing at the … Continue reading Oblivious
God Still Speaks 