1. Vocation is the work we are called to do and vacation is the fun we are called to have. 2. The less said on something isn’t always the better because often we tend to fill in what we don’t know with the worst. 3. Sometimes adults say stupid things to kids: My 5-year old […]
1. I come from a family of nine siblings. After losing my sister Kathy last week – and after the deaths of my brothers Jim and Dan in 2001 – it’s hard to grok that we are only six now and that I’m the oldest! 2. I’m glad that our family grieving time included tears, […]
1. The word pie is in piece. 2. I can’t understand how the official rules of Scrabble say not to use slang but they allow “za” to be used for “pizza.” 3. While driving to Roanoke last week I saw a red barn on the top of a faraway ridge that looked just like a […]
1. I don’t play games! That sounds pretty tough, but dressing up as Mario for Halloween made me realize that I have never played a video game. 2. I don’t play games but I sometimes take names. 3. These days I’m not trying to change or better myself, just trying to better understand what’s already […]
1. When does collecting become hoarding? 2. The spread of red is more of a creep and the glimmer of gold just a glimpse, but the sunset in October is like spilling a bucket of paint that washes over everything. See it HERE. 3. I used to see my chicken’s hen house infighting like West Side […]
1. I was reading Neil Young’s memoir, Waging Heavy Peace, when I came across the mention of Radford University. I thought surely there are more Radford Universities than the one I know here in Virginia. But then Neil started quoting something written by a Floyd friend, Billy Kovarik, who teaches journalism at Radford University and […]
1. Get Your Brain Massage HERE. 2. When does evoke become provoke? 3. I just saw a “Grammar Quiz” on Facebook and thought it said “Grandma Quiz.” “I’d pass that,” I said to myself. 4. I tried to get the mail three times on Monday and didn’t figure it out until Joe came home and […]
1. Apparently, I have a Facebook friend named Page Turner. 2. The rain literally puts a damper on things. 3. There’s been so much rain in the past couple of weeks that people on Facebook were posting songs like THIS and THIS. 4. Joe and I are currently are using a dental floss that is […]
1. My 4-year old grandson Liam has told some wild tales that sometimes involve imaginary friends. He also makes comments about life that seem beyond his years. When I ask him how he knows what he knows, he says, “God tells me things.” 2. I try to explain to his 7 year old brother Bryce […]
1. Liam (4): I got two hearts. I have a heart from nana and a heart from hopa. I have a daddy heart and a mommy heart cause she born me. When I’m happy my heart gets bigger. 2. It’s interesting to me that the letter K looks like a boot and that the word […]
1. I call the above photo “She Wears Her Heart on Her Sleeve.” 2. The picture below of my sister Kathy and her husband Ozzie is one of my favorites from my recent week in my hometown, where I was visiting my mom in the nursing home and going to family Labor Day Cook-out. It’s […]
1. My new motto: A hat is the new wig. 2. The best part of walking the beach is who you run into. That’s me (below) with my best friend from childhood, who my sister Trish and I ran into unexpectedly while walking the beach Monday. 3. I recently saw a picture of the Patriots’ […]
