Oct-Nov-Dec

If you have just a moment, I would like to continue our conversation we started last week. OK? Thanks! Do you remember the story I told about my Dad and his little sayings and the young man I met outside JC Pennies?

Have you ever noticed that throughout out our entire lives we tend to pick and repeat statements that seem to represent the truth as we understand it without considering the untruth that may be represented by that same statement. When I was young, I often heard my Dad and sometimes my Mom, make such a … [Read more…]

This Thursday most Americans will enjoy the holiday we call Thanksgiving Day. A traditional event established in October 1691 when the Pilgrims celebrated their first harvest in the New World. The thanksgiving meal was then observed off and on annually until 1863 when, then President Abe Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November to be … [Read more…]

I have a grandson who, in our southern lingo, is a

Have you ever woken up in the morning an find yourself hanging on to the tail end of a dream? Well, I did this morning. I woke up thinking

His name was Simon. Not Simon Peter, just Simon. Not even Simon Bar-somebody, simply because this Simon was the son of a nobody. This Simon did not leave a great impression on people either. When if you bring him up in a conversation and you want the listener to know which Simon this Simon is, … [Read more…]