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Our Heavenly Father has poured molten gold upon our hills, while here and there a maple stands out in scarlet glory. This past week has been full of glorious October days, warm, sunny days with the leaves changing rapidly into a kaleidoscope of breath-taking . . .
Halloween Costume Fun
If you are looking for an easy Halloween costume to make for a young man in your life, I found making a pirate costume for my son Robert not only easy, but; downright fun to make. This costume starts with black sweat pants and . . .
On Tuesday, September 29, 2011 a local writer who reflects on others’ experiences, Frank Gray from the Journal Gazette in the Metro section, wrote an article titled, Sculpture a genuine head scratcher.
“But the piece is a mystery,” . . .
There is a time when the stars line up just right, when the grass is at its peak in nourishment for the livestock, when the shirts are all on sale down at the store. There is a time that men and women know and have known, since dirt was young, that . . .
Dark shadows covered Lovango before Dave (everybody called him Shark Boy), and Big Jesse finished sifting through the excavation. Jesse did one final sweep with his metal detector to satisfy himself that there was nothing left to find before they loaded . . .
A SUPERMARKET
OF FAITH
Open 24 hours a day, including holidays.
There are many lanes where you can do a self-checkout. Some require that you not unload everything in their lane. You can do it, but you may be standing in line behind someone who has more . . .
Summer:
I heard the katydids tolling your death knell last night. In fact, the lonely haunting dirge has sounded out for weeks now. They are singing of change, and cold, and a white, creeping death that will come to Summer and singer alike.
You don’t . . .
Two year retrospect: Looking back – Looking forward
It hit me two weeks ago when I started to write column Number 51. My next article would mark the second anniversary of my writing “Around the Frame” for The Waynedale News. It doesn’t . . .
Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a high school about eleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this . . .
Catherine’s flower garden quilt.
One of the most popular quilt designs of the 1925 -1940 era was Grandmother’s Flower Garden. Comprised of hexagons and generally featuring a plain color hexagon “path” to set one garden off from . . .
We have talked much about the advantages of belonging to a Toastmasters group, but I thought you might like to hear from some of our members about why they joined. As I have mentioned other times, our members come from all walks of life. Some might . . .
Did you ever say, or hear someone else say, “I’m just so busy!” Yes, I know many people are, but then I got to thinking about one’s faith, harmony, balance, and prayer life.
Standing before The Creator, what would we say if asked, . . .
Dewey Decker silently shoveled cow manure into the back of his pickup, but for the first time, his heart wasn’t in it.
He knew he had it to do, so he did it. Scoop, toss. Scoop toss. Then, when the bed was full, he somberly drove to town and unloaded . . .
Dave, (everybody called him Shark Boy), laid on his back and looked up at the white cumulus clouds drifting across the emerald sky while Jesse pondered their next move. The coins could be easily divided between them but the other artifacts would have . . .
September peeps cautiously around the corner as if debating whether to allow autumn to enter our hills, or permit summer to linger a little longer. There are definite signs that autumn is anxious to come. The cricket’s cry grows more mournful . . .
Among Native American tribes, when one is in need of prayer and comfort, they will ask that we ‘send up some smoke’ for them.
What they are asking is for us to pray, using sacred tobacco to send our prayers up to The Creator. We can . . .
Down at the county seat, the hearing room seats 20, and 40 people showed up. Marvin and Marjorie Pincus looked around at all their friends and neighbors. All they saw were smiles.
Marvin held a large envelope with his business license in it. Of course, . . .
Dave (Everybody called him Shark Boy) ran all the way from the excavation pit back to the Monk’s cabin and was relieved to see him scraping sea salt from his evaporator racks. The Monk, at first, feared there might have been an accident at the . . .
Summer released her hot grip on the hills this past week as fall-like weather spread cooler fingers through our days. Nights were blessedly cool after the steamy weather that we endured this summer, and although hot weather will come again, we have . . .
KENT MICK:
A MAN AND HIS QUILTS
Apparently unable to find a third guest speaker in a row named “Lois” for the 25th annual Maumee Valley Antique Steam & Gas Association Quilt Show quilt, this year’s speaker was Kent Mick aka Practice . . .
45 LESSONS LIFE TAUGHT ME
1.Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
2.When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3.Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4.Your job won’t take care of you when you . . .
I was told some decades ago that my life would pass like the seasons of the year. With life expectancy hovering at roughly around eighty years, my wise counselor said that we can divide our lives into four seasons of twenty years each.
The first twenty . . .
The Indiana National Guard’s newest addition, a disaster response force package, was put under the microscope on Friday, August 26, 2011 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana to test and validate their ability.
The . . .
Summer is still hanging around the hills, but the school term starts this week anyway. Blending in with the yellow of the goldenrod, the blue of the gentian and the purple of the ironweed are the bright yellow school buses as they travel our ridges . . .
FROM MANHOLE COVERS TO ASIAN INFLUENCES: THE QUILTS OF BUNNIE JORDAN
While friend Robin and I were at the Quilters Hall of Fame Celebration in July, we joined other quilt enthusiasts in an exhibit walk-through with quilter-appraiser-author and quilt . . .
Bishop Luers’ Friday night football opener against Snider High School, August 19, 2011. Emeritus Bishop John D’Arcy cheering on the Knights to a victory with a final score 32-21.
When the world dilemma think tank gathered this morning at the philosophy counter, the main topic of conversation was Marvin Pincus’s problem with the county.
The county wanted him to stop counseling people on love and tying flies to go along . . .
Lulu jumped in with a suggestion, “Let’s join the Black Ants Circus. They’re not far from here.”
Lulo responded, “You’ve go to be kidding. Me? working with dogs or elephants? No way! Oh well, let’s give it a . . .
I am asked frequently how I dealt with the loss of my daughter when she was just 21.
Well, let me tell you. It is called faith. My faith works for me and I’m at peace. Of all the people in the world, God blessed me to be her father.
People have . . .
Procrastination is as much a psychological barrier as it is a business challenge. If you are stalling at getting to your main project, it could be because of four reasons that can be overcome.
First, if you are fearful, you will delay confronting a . . .