ENCOURAGEMENT
TEACHERS & TEACHING
Miss LaClaire, Miss Just, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Van Dyke, Mrs. Goranson, Mrs. Stankman, Mr. McNamara. When schools begin again in the fall, I go through these names and memories again. ...
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GROWTH
For the first time in my life (since my graduation from college) I’m planning for the rest of my life, which means I’m looking at my retirement years. And by...
ENCOURAGEMENT
BACK TO SCHOOL
It’s “Back To School” time again. Of course, with every system on a seemingly different schedule, “back to school” could almost be ANY time…and for some of us who believe...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
VERTIGO
Poor Jimmy Stewart: every time he gets up too high and looks down, this weird spiral thing happens and he feels himself falling, all the while trying to solve a...
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YOUR JESUS, MY JESUS
When people think of my “home state”, Washington, (especially those NOT from Washington) more than likely the iconic image of tall evergreen trees, mountains, the Puget Sound and the bustle...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
PIE CRUSTS & PROMISES
I’m going through a “mantra” in my head right now, a “vow” that I made this winter. I’m saying the words in my mind, and sometimes out loud, as I...
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ALLEGIANCES
Well, it looks like it’s going to be a beautiful and WARM Independence Day (with a chance of showers and storms…isn’t that typical?). I’m singing tonight (Tuesday) with THE INDIANAPOLIS...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
KING RICHARD
Yesterdy, in 1486, King Richard III took the throne of England…only to die in a battle over that same throne some 2 years later, ending the famous “War of the...
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ONE SMALL STEP
It’s difficult to believe that 49 years ago (in July) Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, the first to do so? I remember where I was, I was staring...
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FATHER
I am still my Father’s son. I carry so many parts of his personality that it’s impossible to escape his influence, even if I wanted to. My Dad knew no stranger,...