On Sunday afternoon, I was listening again to Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, a book I recommend for teens and young adults to read before becoming involved with a possible future husband or wife. The book presents a powerful message…
What a fun treat Ray and I had yesterday! The Tennessee Titans, Nashville’s professional football team, provided lunch for several cancer patients and a companion each—husbands, wives, moms, dads, aunts, etc. They provided us with Whataburgers, chips, chocolate chip cookies,…
Every once in a while someone tells me I am lucky. I gave up on luck years and years ago. I believe instead in the God Who blesses. Everything good that happens to me is one of His blessings. Everything…
Several years ago I enjoyed a four-generation outing with my mother and our younger daughter, her preschool daughter, and her baby boy. We went to a baby shower for a young mother at our church. The young mother is the…
In 1924 the Republican Party nominated Calvin Coolidge for a full term. His campaign slogan was “Keep Cool and Keep Coolidge.” Coolidge, October 1924 Coolidge with radio equipment used in the campaign, 1924. Coolidge was elected easily. He was inaugurated…
Ray told me the other day that he is thinking about doing a podcast telling what it was like for him to grow up in the 1950s and 1960s. Ray had a childhood I think people will enjoy learning about.…
