This week-end we started the task of moving small items across to the new house. It's become a little confusing. When we go to the "house" is it the new one or the old one? Which one is our "home"?…
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The time has come to start packing up our current home and begin the move to the new place about a mile from here. This is the first time in more than 35 years that Janet and I have bought…
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Yesterday marked the 47th anniversary of the death of my paternal grandfather, Jacob Toussaint. I have written about him several times before, but he is really in my thoughts the past several days for many reasons. First of all, although…
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If you live anywhere in the midwest, you know that the weather has been extreme. It was warm, then it was incredibly cold - the record setting kind of cold; and this past week-end, the weather once again become warmer.…
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I'm in one of my teaching moods today. With Christmas behind us and so much talk about angels and their role in the story of the birth of Christ, I decided it was time to devote a post to the…
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Each year, right after the first of January, I tend to think about the things that I would like to accomplish during the calendar year. It kind of gives me time to reset my objectives and although I would fall…
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Today was the first day back to work for many people after the snowstorm that we had last weekend. The authorities asked businesses and schools to shut down Monday and Tuesday and it was amazing how many companies complied with…
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The last several days have been more challenging than any time in recent memory. Here in central Indiana we have another 13" of snow or so that came over the week-end and caused massive traffic jams before a tremendous cold…
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Depending on where you live in the US, chances are that if you are anywhere near the midwest, as we are in central Indiana, you have been stuck inside for at least two days - many of us have been…
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