Bicycle Adjustments
I grew up in the center of downtown Ashland City, Tennessee, right in the midst of all 2,000 of us Ashland Citians. My granddaddy’s store was behind us. My school was in view to the left and across the street…
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My House is Undone
Rich man, poor man, Beggar man, thief, Doctor, lawyer, Merchant, chief. When I was a girl, we played a game in which we repeated this rhyme while pointing one by one to the buttons on our blouses. When we came…
Wholly Devoted
Gary and Jo are two of the most positive people I know. They married soon after Jo graduated from high school and recently celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. We missed the party because we were out of town, but I…
A Family
Ray and I drive one hour each way to visit our wonderful chiropractor (I’ll call him Dr. Randy Jones). In the several years that he has been helping us, I have come to appreciate the two ladies who run his…
The Drummer in the Marching Band
On a warm Friday afternoon in October, Ray and I set out for an evening of high school football. Our outing had many highlights. We enjoyed sitting in the stands with others who love our great-nephew and we loved watching…
May You Be Green
Does God have a favorite color? In Tennessee in spring and summer and much of fall, you have to wonder if it isn’t green. Green is the first color God mentions in the Bible. In Genesis 1, He gave all…
Red Lessons
Note: I accidentally posted this one morning while Ray and I were in North Carolina in mid-October. I realized my accident soon after and removed it. So, if you read this in the two or three hours it was posted…
In the Pink
In temperate Tennessee, even when the leaves begin to change into their autumn colors and the mums show their fall brilliance . . . . . . we still have some fading colors from summer flowers. After Ray’s and my walk…
The Pink Morning
As we circled the house for the last lap of our morning walk, I noticed pink fog above the hills across the road. It had been a pink morning. The eastern sky behind the house was pink when we started…