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…
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…
When I was in elementary school, we looked forward to the times when entertainers visited our school through a program called Southern Assemblies. Teachers collected a quarter from each child who wanted to attend. At the scheduled time, we got…
The Bible has many stories about conflicts between siblings. Jesus told a parable about a prodigal son and his bitter brother. Martha got irritated when Mary didn’t help her with the housework. Rachel was jealous when Leah had children and she didn’t.…
Last Saturday afternoon Ray put on his jeans and I put on my new square dance dress. It was time for the annual fall barn dance. I usually borrow a dress from the hostess. She has collected–and her daughters have…
I love that Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first book at age 65. Anna Mary Robertson was another American woman who gained fame late in life. She was well-known when I was a child and I was an admirer of…
My husband Ray is great about keeping me informed about what is happening in the world. He reads the daily newspaper from a nearby small city and a business journal from our region. When he sees an article that he…