The Christmas Barn The 200-year old barn sat empty and lonely. No longer did horses stamp their feet inside his walls; cows didn’t warm the stalls with their breath; no sheep snuggled against each other to sleep the night away. The barn missed these animal friends. He missed the chickens who used to gossip and […]
Nov 28, 2025
Thanksgiving Afterglow
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The Lord has blessed me with a wonderful family and plunked me down in the middle of them. Yesterday was a day of being thankful for blessings and my family ranks top, front, and center. Speaking of afterglow, a day like this could be counted as summer’s afterglow, a blending of seasons when nature is getting […]
Nov 26, 2025
Day Before Thanksgiving
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Although the cornucopia or horn of plenty originated in Greek mythology, it has come to mean a symbol of Thanksgiving and of gratitude for abundance. I am so grateful for my overflowing horn of plenty this Thanksgiving. Family, friends, freedom, food, health, I could go on and on as could you. And, I’m thankful for […]
Nov 25, 2025
A Recipe
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Here it is–only a couple of days before Thanksgiving! The house will be full of the aroma of pumpkin pie, cornbread dressing, and cranberry cheese bread! Then, in a couple of days the family will gather around my mother’s hundred-year old table, thankful for the Lord’s blessings. The biggest blessing of all is family and […]
Nov 24, 2025
Strange, Dark Night
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The Strange, Dark Night by Blanche Manos I sat before the fireplace, A book upon my lap Outside, the wind was howling Inside, the fire was crackling. A perfect night to nap. I closed my eyes for just a minute It could have been no more When someone stepped upon my porch And knocked upon […]
Nov 22, 2025
Sixty-two Years Ago
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There aren’t too many of us left who actually remember that awful day, November 22, 1963. I know exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard that the President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, had been shot. I was standing at the front of a classroom of second graders, […]
