I remember the Beat Generation. I wanted to be part of it. I wanted to be beat. Ouch! Not like that. Like the cool kind of beat. I was only in junior high, but I worked hard at it, wishing I were older so I could be a real beatnik. Looking back, I can see that I […]
I just read a New York Times breaking news release about the World Series. The Tampa Bay Rays did not win, but heck, they actually made it to the series. That’s a good thing. But that’s not the thing that puzzles me. Why do they call these games the World Series? The world has nothing […]
Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world: for all that is in the world – the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches – comes not from the Father but from the world. […]
Take a break from your sewing and spend a couple days baking. Get the baked goods out of the way early. You can freeze cookies and pies prior to baking. You can also freeze them after they’re baked and then when Thanksgiving and Christmas roll around, you’re ahead of the game. Here’s a few recipes […]
Well, they would ban home births if they could. In May the American Medical Association passed a resolution supporting state laws that discourage home births. The national obstertricians’ group also opposes the practice. I suppose they are having conniption fits over the latest trend of unassisted childbirth known as freebirthing. Not even a midwife is […]
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book’s FIRST chapter! You never know when […]
Today we have another flybaby guest article. Nova keeps us on our toes with her humor. Like Nova, I, too, have an aversion to grocery shopping. “We’re out of food” My family is convinced we are out of food. Really!!!?? I went shopping on the first of the month, how can we be out […]
Give liberally and be ungrudging when you do so, for on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake. Since there will never cease to be some in need on the earth, I therefore command you, “Open your hand to the poor and needy […]
Today we have a guest article by another of my flybaby family members, TW of NJ. T has recently begun to share her creativity with our group. We have one day a week when we send out double dog dares to encourage each other as we bless our homes. This week she conjured up a charming way to […]
This is the first of the flybaby guest articles that I told you about in Flybabies Write! This was written by Vickie H who presents some of the challenges of the first year of widowhood. I’m proud of her accomplishments and thankful to call her a friend. When my husband died 10 June, 2007, I […]