I write with some knowledge of Scotland. The US Navy sent me there in 1970 for what became a tour of just over four and […]
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It occurs to me
“What we’ve got here…”
“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” Strother Martin as ‘Captain’ uttered those famous words in the 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke. The words […]
Continue readingLife lessons from ‘Cannery Row’…
Life lessons from Cannery Row Back in the day, in the late sixties, my year of college, there was a war going on in Southeast […]
Continue readingSearching for belief…
This started out as part of a conversation with a friend in Scotland. We have ongoing conversations on various topics, and I felt the need […]
Continue readingSecurity alert….
First thing this morning, my brand spanking new Samsung S24+ had a Security Update. Then, a bit later, I turned on my IPad 2 to […]
Continue readingHooker Methodist/Wesleyan Church Ground Hog Supper
Like many other things from the early days, the Methodist Men’s Ground Hog Supper, long a special event in the community of Hooker and the […]
Continue reading1812….
The 1812 Overture just popped up on my Spotify playlist. I’m a fan of Tchaikovsky’s Overture. I heard/saw/experienced it one time at a performance of […]
Continue readingToday’s news from Ezekiel 22….
I was reading early this morning with my friend Matthew Henry, the great Bible commentator of seventeenth century England. Matthew and I have read so […]
Continue readingHappy New Year….
Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. Hear ye, O mountains, the […]
Continue readingKing Herod lives with us today…
In verse 2 of Matthew Chapter 2 the Magi ask, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his […]
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