Daily blogging is a means of improving writing as a skill. Many who commit to becoming a “writer”, soon realize … More
Tag: commentary
star-struck
This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an … More
Manners with a dash of caster sugar
I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted. Og … More
Lessons from D-Day
Seventy-six years ago, more than 150, 000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy or parachuted in from the … More
the vaccine for injustice
12 Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs. Proverbs 10:12 (New International Version) As a white man well … More
home is where your dogs long to be
I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. Maya Angelou, poet (1928 -2014) … More
shopping with dogs and other mysteries of the modern world
It was the barking that seemed strangely out of place this evening. Maybe I really am a relic of a … More
Friday rewards
I see dog stories as an antidote to the dire news that nothing is ever going to get better. – … More
faith in roses and rogues
Two of the unlikeliest associations our minister preached on this past Sunday have some relevance to me this week. Faith … More