August 24,2022 We have a couple of pear trees, one ten feet tall and, next to it, one that’s twenty feet tall. Every other year they...

August 22, 2022 You can handle emails better than I can. I assure you, it’s true. I think I know how I am supposed to do it. I read the...

August 20,2022 The fictional characters in my novels become friends to me by the time I finish writing a book. I know so much about them....

August 17, 2022 It was a wonderful novel, one of those you can’t put down. The author had been building to a tremendous climax. I knew...

August 15, 2022 My wife and I subscribe to several home improvement magazines. The ones we like are dedicated to a “farmhouse” style. ...

August 13, 2022 Maybe this is about baseball, maybe not. I decided a few years ago that I was watching too much baseball. Since then, I...

August 10, 2022 I love blue jeans, don’t you? They wear well, they’re comfortable, and go with anything. Somehow I’ve ended up with...

August 8, 2022 Don’t try this at home. Several times a week I walk for exercise, three or four miles. As I walk I sing in my head...

August 6, 2022 The man in the furniture store ad makes the chair look so comfortable. I know it’s a lie. That chair cannot be as...

August 3, 2022 I’ve convinced myself that the clergy profession has been unusually stressful these past thirty years. In fact, many...