WWI Veterans
A town in Maryland was planning a 2005 Memorial Day tribute to veterans. The plan called for actors to stand in for actual veterans of long ago wars, including World …
Read MoreTag: brevity of life
Poem- My Hands Were Busy
MY HANDS WERE BUSY My hands were busy through the day. I didn’t have much time to play The little games you asked to do, I didn’t have much time …
Read More Living a Long Time
The oldest person in modern times was Jeanne Louise Calment of France who died in 1997 at the age of 122 years. She took up fencing at 85 years old, …
Read More Can’t Go Back Home
I’m very fortunate in that, even though I’m in my 40’s, my parents are both still living in the house where I grew up in Walkertown, North Carolina. Whenever I …
Read More Life is Short
Some people like to disagree with the Bible. It’s fashionable today in many circles to ridicule Biblical truth that is out the mainstream of Western thought. Subjects like evolution vs. …
Read More Donald Trump Quote
Donald Trump and I really don’t have much in common. Besides the vast difference in our incomes, we also have widely differing definitions of success and formulas for achieving success. …
Read More Taxi Meters
There have been very few times I’ve ever taken a taxi. That’s because whenever I’m in a big city I always notice the rate charts they post on the vehicle …
Read More And he Died
Genesis 5 is the first of several chapters in Scripture devoted to genealogy. It gives us a list of the descendants of Adam down through Noah. We’re told for example …
Read More Businessman and Fisherman
A retired businessman met a fisherman returning from the sea early one morning and asked, “Why don’t you stay out longer and catch more fish? He replied, “I have enough …
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