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The thunderstorms keep coming, the grass keeps growing, the garden is saturated, and still it rains. Some of the vegetables

Days like this, said Doc, a guy has to get out and get his yard work done early, before it

We all watched as the flag came by. It was the first thing in the parade, of course. Great big

June’s blue moon shone last night, although at 5 o’clock this morning it was full and orange. Matthew called me

A happy and glorious Independence Day to all! It hardly seems possible: 39 years have passed since America’s bicentennial celebration.

My youngest son loves to go to the “Confession Stand.” He doesn’t want to make an appointment with the local

I’ve discovered the wonderful world of petty mail-order junk. I love it. A computer is a grand tool for opening

Before I moved to Indiana for graduate school at Anderson University, I grew up in none other than West Monroe,

We were flying out of the Andes Mountains of Peru heading for Lima. Our airplane looked like it had seen

Summertime weather simmers along as daisies bloom and leaves grow green and full on the trees. The hills surround and

More than a decade ago, former Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court installed a massive granite monument

I wandered today to the hill, MaggieTo watch the scene belowThe creek and the rusty old mill, MaggieWhere we sat

It is the heat that defines us this time of year. Defines our sweaty days with the brassy skies and

Recently I was contacted by Shawn Ambrose, a homeschooling father and member of the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA),

David was an incredibly brilliant student, but sometimes that was almost his downfall. For example, my students were supposed to

A yellow butterfly hovers over the Persian lilac bush, with its purple blooms swaying in the breeze. Purple and yellow

Delbert’s at it again. You know Delbert McLain, our local chamber of commerce? He’s the guy who wants to bring

The sun peeped up over Pilot Knob this morning, but was soon obscured by clouds that covered the sky. The

Sally had been married for seven years, and all she wanted was to be a mother. Only a few months

Those of us with one child often wonder what it is like to homeschool a couple children at once. My

There are some people who, quite frankly, are impossible to love. You can’t dig deep enough, can’t try hard enough,

Steve, the tall cowboy of us philosophy types, was riding a young horse through town the other day to get

Warm weather is still hesitating on the threshold of spring, as if debating whether to enter or let winter weather