Yes, it’s Memorial Day and I remember. I remember my father, George Lawson. I remember Doctor John M. Palm, a family friend who was like a second father. I remember Brent, a classmate who was killed in Vietnam, and I remember Keith, a friend who came home from Vietnam. I remember my brother, Jerry, who […]
What’s a piny? A lot of people don’t have any idea what a piny looks like. Unless you’re from the Midwest and have spent time around older people. Then you most likely know. Folks, we’re talking about peonies. I don’t have a clue as to the piny bit. But this is the time of […]
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason […]
focus: tools for beating distraction This is a resource for those who need a little help in blocking out distractions. It’s software that will block websites and other time-wasters, or clear away everything on your computer but what you need to focus on. It’s an incomplete list at the moment, but I plan to add […]
Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets? Let them be for yourself alone, and not for sharing with strangers. Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. May her breasts satisfy you at all time; may you be […]
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason […]
focus: creating an uncluttered environment Imagine you’re trying to create your masterpiece — a work that will change your life and perhaps make the world a better place in some small way. You’re at your computer, making it happen, at a desk piled with clutter, surrounded by clutter on the floor and walls, in the […]
Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise. Without having any chief or officer or ruler, it prepares its food in summer, and gathers its sustenance in harvest. How long will you lie there, O lazybones? When will you rise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a […]
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason […]
A Privileged Young Woman Takes a Risk on Love in the Deep South It is the summer of 1959 and Mariette Puttnam has just graduated from boarding school. When she returns to her privileged life at home, she isn’t sure where life will take her. More schooling? A job? Marriage? Nothing feels right. How could […]