New Years brought me a lesson. Learn to use what you got. I have had in the last year arthritic flares in my joints. They started getting worse this fall, and I am being treated, but when they do happen the joint is useless for a while. Well, right about the time I resolved to…
Got Up and Went
How do I know my youth is all spent? My get up and go has got up and went. — Pete Seeger. This lyric is also attributed to an elderly nun and an anonymous newspaper writer, but Pete will do. New Years played tricks with me this year. It came on a Saturday so it didn’t…
A True Gift
But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we have done, but according to his mercy. — Titus 3:4. Titus reminds us that when Jesus came it was not because we deserved a savior, but that his kindness was an act of mercy…
Too Much Of A Good Thing
If there was ever too much of a good thing it was my grandmother Erwin’s kitchen around Christmas time. Cookies, homemade jams and jellies, pies in the oven, and her bourbon soaked fruit cakes. Yes, there were fresh hams, homemade biscuits, vegetables of every kind, and just about every side dish one would expect at…
Ox Tails?
I went to a Dr.’s appointment early this morning. While in the waiting room I got a text from Suzy. It read, “Don’t use your credit card. I’ll explain when you get home.” Well, after I explained to my doctor why my blood pressure was elevated, I learned what had happened. Suzy woke to several…