We have a patio deck on the back of our home. We like to sit out there and watch the swans, geese and ducks swim in the lake behind our home. It's not a big lake - 15 acres or…
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Today is National Dog Day. I actually found out about this day last year on August 26th, but apparently forgot about it until it showed up on my calendar earlier this week. In case you don't know or have forgotten,…
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I recently met a man who is a doctor and we started to engage in a very interesting conversation. During the course of our discussion, he said that I seemed like a "why" person. I was a little perplexed and…
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I happened to stop by one of those large box stores today, on a mission to find a tripod. Not so that I could take pictures, but the tripod that I use for my telescope has worn out and I…
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The divisions in our country continue to get worse and there is more polarity today than at any time in my life. Likewise, there are more divisions in the church than I have ever seen and I am reminded of…
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Thankfully, I have overcome several personal obstacles in my life. Admittedly, it hasn't been easy at times - I have been successful more times than not, but there is always room for improvement. So, I'm going back to being disciplined…
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I'm pretty good about remembering birthdays and sending greetings on FaceBook and other social media platforms. But I confess that today was a busy day - I know more people with birthdays on today's date, August 8th, than any other…
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Earlier this week, Tuesday, August 2nd, was my father-in-law's 100th birthday. Unfortunately, he wasn't still here on earth to celebrate it - he passed away eight years ago this summer - in 2013. It seems like yesterday that we were…
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Today, in church, we sang "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing," an old Christian hymn, now in the public domain but originally written by Robert Robertson. He was 22 at the time he wrote the hymn back in 1757. A…
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It's coming up on that in-between time of summer. July is almost behind us and everybody seems anxious to get on with Fall. I'm not quite there yet. We still have the entire month of August in front of us…
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