My Grandmother’s Bible

My grandmother, Mary Edna Latty, has been gone for many years. I have her New Testament. The words in that Book are ancient but they still hold true.  People come and go but the truths inside this Book never change. Through the years my grandmother had stuck a few things inside her New Testament for […]

Is a Song in Your Heart?

Someone once said, I don’t care who writes the laws if you will let me write the songs. Music is a big influence in our lives. It sometimes seems that music makes the world go around. Job 38:7 says, “When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy”. So, […]

Summer Night

There’s a mystery about the soft, summer night, just after the sun goes down, before full darkness tiptoes through. Leaves stir with a passing breeze and flowers lift their heads to feel one last ray of the sun’s warmth.  The rabbit who lives under my storage building gives last minute instructions to her nest of […]

Nemo and the White Coat

I don’t think Nemo has a white coat syndrome because his doctor doesn’t always wear a white coat. In fact, thinking back, I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen him wear one. But, my little dog has always loved going to the vet’s office simply because he’s excited about going any place. So, yesterday, that’s […]

The 1950’s Woman

She got up from the chair and walked to the mirror. A sagging, lined face topped with frizzy blond hair stared back at her. Old! That’s what the face was telling her. She was an old woman, over the hill, almost ready for the old folks’ home. Sighing, she turned from the mirror and went […]

Folklore is fun to read and fascinating to think how all those old beliefs got started. Or, maybe they weren’t really beliefs, just something to hang onto to try to make sense of nature. Anyway, here are a few having to do with rain or storms. By the way, this is St. Swithin’s Day. Who […]

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