Ready for an April snowcopalypse? When I was a cub reporter out in the woods, the radio station would get calls from two or three local farmers who liked to start out their day gabbing and kibbitzing with the radio kids. One of them — was it Ed Kastenschmidt or one of the other guys?Continue reading “Brace yourselves in 90 days”
Category Archives: Just sayin’
These difficult times ain’t
We laughed at the sixth or seventh TV ad, all of them for different products or services, all of them nearly identical, and we haven’t stopped laughing. They start with a somber solo piano … and then the announcer says … “In these difficult times …” “We’ll get through this …” “… because we’re allContinue reading “These difficult times ain’t”
You have been called to live in freedom
The Rev. Dave Wilkinson shared the first part of this quote from Galatians in his SOUND BITES Ministry email this morning. It’s a call to early Christians, but I think we could all stand to listen. For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom toContinue reading “You have been called to live in freedom”
We all could use a good laugh
The other day I stopped at an antique store and brought home a couple of old books, as I am wont to do (a fancy-pants phrase meaning “again”). So I’ve been reading Will Rogers: Ambassador of Good Will, Prince of Wit and Wisdom by P.J. O’Brien, which I take is a “quickie biography” rolled outContinue reading “We all could use a good laugh”
How can I help you
Not gonna win the lottery … Not gonna have a ship that comes in outta nowhere … No rich uncles to bail me out … No precious gems buried under my backyard … I guess I’m going to have to earn my keep … same as millions who’ve gone before: Do some good for otherContinue reading “How can I help you”
The return of book-books
Once upon a time books and recordings were physical things you held in your hands. When you wanted to watch a movie at home, you took your copy of the film and slid it into a device that showed it to you. Books were even easier. You picked them up and started reading. Nowadays ebooksContinue reading “The return of book-books”
I will never be able to resist this face
Through all the turmoil, Facebook Memories today gave me this photo that I posted five years ago with the caption, “I will never be able to resist this face.” I reposted it with the new caption, “Still true.” Even five years ago, when Willow was almost 7 years old, one of the many reasons myContinue reading “I will never be able to resist this face”
Another mile marker on the road to eternity
We are probably not the only species that marks time; we just aren’t smart enough to figure out other species’ systems. Here we are, trading in one set of markers for the next — 366 days gone by this time around, and we return to the standard 365. Enough leaping for one quadrennium, says I.Continue reading “Another mile marker on the road to eternity”
A time for seeking the light
Mom would make magic bars – those delightfully tasty, baked combinations of graham cracker crumbs, coconut, chocolate chips and walnuts held together with butter and sweetened condensed milk – and Dad would sit us down in the living room and crack open the Good Book. It was the only time of the year he wouldContinue reading “A time for seeking the light”
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree
So back when Quirinius was governor of Syria, this kid was born in Bethlehem who grew up to change the world. God made us in His image, so that means in a little piece of us is the power to change the world. In a little piece of us is the creativity to build aContinue reading “In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree”
