The melody of autumn is played on muted strings, A symphony of wind and trees, the song September sings. The rhythm of the autumn rain is somnolent and slow; From softened skies, a lullaby in summer’s afterglow. –Blanche Day Manos September is that, isn’t it…summer’s afterglow? Each spring, leaves, flowers, grass are bursting with new […]
Aug 29, 2016
A Fellow Traveler Who Cared
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Yesterday’s Sunday School lesson centered around the story of the Good Samaritan. We’ve read it many times and criticized the callousness of the priest and the Levite as they passed by a man who had been beaten and robbed and left for dead on the roadside. The priest and Levite would have considered the Samaritan their inferior, […]
Aug 28, 2016
Afterglow from The Red Lamp
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Good morning. Glancing out the window at the weather wand, I notice it points decidedly downward. So, we’re bound to have rain before too long. A rainy day is a wonderful time for coffee and a chat with a friend. Of course, a topic of interest is books: favorite genres, memorable mysteries, books that tend to make one […]
Aug 25, 2016
A Voice on the Airwaves
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Today, at 4 o’clock, I’ll be a voice on the airwaves. My interview with Nancy Kay Grace will be aired. It’ll also be archived, so if you don’t tune in at 4 o’clock today, you can click on the link and listen to it later. Nancy’s program is Living Life Unedited, through the CWA radio network. The […]
Aug 23, 2016
The Mystery of the Unknown Plant
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Yesterday, I said I would add to the mystery count by telling you about a mysterious plant. It was discovered in an unused field in Oklahoma. What could it be, I wondered, as I gazed at the fascinating features of huge trunk and wildly tangled limbs mixing with other bushes and underbrush. The limbs or vines, whichever they were, reminded me […]
Aug 22, 2016
Curiouser and Curiouser
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Aren’t you glad the world is full of mysteries? Isn’t it pretty neat that, with all our know-how, many things still elude answers? Sometimes, in trying to ravel out mysteries, the mystery itself becomes curiouser and curiouser. (Excuse me. I mean more and more curious.) This morning, I read that the great mystery of Stonehenge has […]
