Lost in Translation

Yesterday, I dropped Janet off at the airport for a trip back to Williamsburg with her sisters. Every so often the girls enjoy getting together and that means I am on my own for several days. I decided to head…

For most of the country, April has started out as one of the wettest months that we have had in a long time. Andrew is out in Oklahoma and he has posted numerous pictures and videos of storms that have…

Today is Easter, 2015. It is without question the holiest day in the Christian calendar. And it's always interesting to see what our daughter, Kristin, will come up with for the kids that attend church at Zionsville Presbyterian Church, where…

Yesterday was Maundy Thursday, the commemoration of the Last Supper in the upper room where Jesus ate with His disciples and celebrated communion together before the betrayal by Judas and Jesus' eventual crucifixion. It was also during this event that Jesus washed…

We are coming up on Palm Sunday in several days and I can't help but remember all the preparations for Easter when I was a little kid back at Trinity Methodist Church in Beverly Hills where I grew up. Palm…

The past week or so, I have run across several different instances of people discussing the stars and science. Last Wednesday, I attended a program at the local library about the American space program - you know - Mercury, Gemini and…

Earlier this evening, I received word from a dear younger friend of mine, who I am mentoring, that he and his wife welcomed a new baby boy, Andrew Leonard, into their family at 4:01 p.m. this afternoon. He weighed in at…

Yesterday, March 14, 2015, is what is referred to as Pi Day. That is, the date of 3/14/15 represents the first 5 numbers in the numerical value of a constant first calculated by mathematicians prior to the third century A.D.…

Yesterday, I was going through some of my grandmother's things and came across a number of interesting items. Several letters from my father to his mother while he was overseas during World War II, a note to her the day…

Today is the first day of the third month of 2015. The old adage, about March coming in like a lion, and perhaps going out like a lamb, can't help but make us wonder whether that will happen this year.…