I was recently shopping around for some new furniture for our condo. The furniture we’ve had for many years had seen its better days and my wife and I decided that it was time for a change. We traveled from showroom to showroom and gradually narrowed down our choices. As I was wondering through the […]
We Can All Have a Clean Slate
As a child, I used to love to play with a toy called “Etch-A-Sketch.” In those days, before video games, computers, and all of the electronic gadgets we have today, the Etch-A-Sketch was pretty amazing. You could rotate the small white knobs clockwise and create a series of straight lines and create almost any picture you could […]
Avoid Being the Label Maker
We live in a Society that loves labels. By definition, a label provides information, or some clue, as to what is being labeled. We label our food so that we know the can we are about to purchase is Green Beans and not Black-eyed Peas, or that we’ve purchased Vanilla Wafers and not Chocolate Chip Cookies. Labels […]
Realizing the Significance of Insignificance
I have to confess that I’m not a mechanic. Recently, as hard as I tried, I just could not get my riding lawnmower to work properly. I could crank the engine easy enough and put the mower in gear, but each time, the belt that turns the blade would fall off the pulley. I would […]
Strength In Numbers
Sunday was an especially emotional day for me. The Cemetery in which my Mother is buried holds a special Candlelight service the First Sunday in December of each year. The Cemetery personnel place small, single candles in front of each grave marker in the Cemetery. Then, at a designated time, all the candles are lit. […]
