In this time, when we’re supposed to stay at home, the problem of keeping myself entertained without people is creating interesting developments. Some time ago, I found a wonderful enterprise called Great Courses. This is a company who hires phenomenal teachers to present courses on different subjects. They have courses on investing, organic chemistry, Mediterranean […]
Category Archives: New Adventures!
Toilet Paper and Underwear!
Photo by Fikri Rasyid on Unsplash Isn’t that a cute title? It came to me as I was trying to squeeze myself on the toilet between the oversized toilet paper roll and the sink. Normally I don’t have any problem with this, but I had just unwrapped the large economy sized roll of toilet paper […]
Which Instrument?
Photo by Hal Gatewood on Unsplash A student could start band in fifth grade when I was in grade school. I’m not sure why it was decided that I should be in the band, but the decision was made, and I followed along. At some point during the first quarter of school, we were invited […]
The Case of the Missing Lips!
The other day I was getting ready to wash my face and, when I looked into the mirror, I was horrified by the vision looking back at me! In my mind, when I am cleaned up for the day and dressed up in my best, I look just like Meryl Streep! The resemblance is amazing […]
Time
Photo by Oliver Hale on Unsplash Time is certainly an oddity, isn’t it! Two minutes ago, I was starting the day and thinking about writing about time and how fluid it can be. It’s now almost 7:00 in the evening a week later! How does that happen? I read once that there are two types […]
Teachers
Photo by Jeffrey Hamilton on Unsplash The other day, I was getting prepared for a sermon on praying. I looked up the word “prayer” in my dictionary and the first definition I saw was “a person who prays”. Which put a whole new spin on the idea of prayers! The person who prays is a […]
The Last Stand!
Keeping an eye on the offenders! In almost any story, there will come a time when the main character has to take a stand – a time when a line has to be drawn in the sand – a time when the main character is tired of giving way and decides that enough is enough. […]
My Shadow
My road to health and fitness – maybe! I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. by Robert Louis Stevenson I was thinking about this poem earlier this week! Back in the late 1990s, I got on […]
Family Trips
Photo by Sonja Guina on Unsplash I don’t remember many travels before we moved back to Kansas from Tennessee. I remember riding a train from Memphis to Dodge City to visit Mom’s family. I remember that we were in a sleeper car that had several bunk beds curtained off and we were in an upper […]
Where to Live!
I got a box of Wordsmith cards that are designed to help with writer’s block, and I decided to try one out. If you don’t know what to write about, you pull out a card that has a question on it and you answer the question. The card I pulled out asked, “Where would you […]