On November 8, 2025 I was in a panic as this blog was due November 10, 2025 by 5pm which gave me approximately 47 hours to complete it. Lest, you think I had been shirking my blog writing duties until the last minute, let me assure you that I had been thinking about what to write for over a month and even started writing 3 different drafts. But, my ideas didn’t go anywhere, and were, in fact, not very good. Making my deadline looked bleak as the clock continued its relentless forward march...
My son recently completed a master’s degree in social work. As usually happens, he found my knowledge of social concepts lacking. So, we began to discuss the concept of..
When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles..
When I was young, I knew most of the nooks and crannies of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Our family attended a large, downtown church and sometimes on Sunday afternoons..
When I arrived in church on February 27 there was a large vase of sunflowers in the front of the sanctuary. I took note of them and wondered, why sunflowers in winter?..
Purchase College. I’m not encouraging you to buy a college. Purchase College is in – wait for it – Purchase, New York. Do not try to purchase New York, either. Purchase..
Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming, it is near - a day of..
I married a photographer! I didn’t know that at the time - not that it would have made any difference in my decision to marry this amazing man who had entered my life..
Life Hymn-list One of the blessings of this pandemic time has been the regular schedule of meetings with the “circle” of folks who participate in writing this blog. We..
Her name was Emma MacDonald. She was a single lady, at that time known as a spinster: a woman dedicated to the training and teaching of piano lessons for young children...
