Small Moments Add Up to a Life
The eclipse and springtime, too! God is showing His majesty in glorious ways this week! Come, take a walk with me so you can see what I am seeing around our home. I like to see the big things that…
Category Essential Lessons for Kids
Work That Delights and Feels Important
Ray and I enjoyed visiting the St. Louis Art Museum with our son and two of our grandsons last week. During most of our visit there, we wandered from gallery to gallery with little contact with members of the staff.…
It’s what they hear all the time that sticks!
Charlie the Cockatiel came to live at our house when we gave him to Mary Evelyn for her 11th birthday. She was determined to teach him to talk. Day after day she put her finger in his cage and said,…
“Never give in, never give in, never, never, never . . . “
The island of Great Britain stood almost alone against the powerful Nazi forces when Prime Minister Winston Churchill visited his alma mater of Harrow School in October 1941. It would be two months before the Japanese would attack Pearl Harbor…
Training Senses
Danish artist Lorenz Frølich, who lived from 1835 to 1903, had an international career as an illustrator. One of his projects was a popular series of books for children about the adventures of a little girl called Mademoiselle Lili. The…
Looking Beyond the Familiar
At 3:30-ish on Wednesday afternoons, the storm door squeaks as I walk into my art teacher’s basement studio. Miss Judy always greets me with a smile and a friendly greeting when I arrive for my weekly painting class. I tie…