Devotional

It's tough to think about retirement for me. First off, there seems to be a precedent in our family that when you retire, you die... I know that sounds crazy, and there are many people who have successfully retired and…

We are approaching that time of year when the weather turns chilly and we start to light the fireplace each evening. This is one of the things that Janet and I look forward to each year and we have already…

As Janet and I were finishing the outside cleanup for the coming winter, one of the last things that we did in the yard was to carefully remove and store little painted rocks that mysteriously appeared in our yard last…

If you are like I am, you have a weather app or two on your phone. The Weather channel, local TV stations and some national radar apps tell us what is happening in virtually any part of the globe at…

Our oldest grandson, Connor, started college this fall and is taking the basic core curriculum that he will need to eventually graduate. Earlier this week, I was thinking about college and all the courses that I had to take in…

I have recently written several times before about my angst with the upcoming election. I'm sixty-seven years old and I have never witnessed the kind of hatred and infighting that the nation is currently engaged in. Now, we are only…

We are getting to that time of year when we hear about ghosts, goblins, witches and all other sorts of Halloween characters. In fact, last week, we helped one of our daughters, Jill, and her son, Drew, carve several pumpkins…

On this date, October 18th, in 1867, the United States formally took possession of a wilderness land that had previously been owned by Russia. Alyeska, named for the Aleut word meaning "great land" is better known to us today as…

I thought that I knew quite a bit of our country's history, until recently. I loved history when I was in grammar school and also high school. Since then, I have also tried to stay current and so I was…

We are in the middle of one of the most heated political battles of our lifetimes. We need only have watched the first presidential debate and the vice-presidential debate to know that decorum, respect and kindness have already gone out…