I have a shabby old address book but it is a real treasure. It has reason to look as tattered as it does. It is well on its way to being an antique. And, like any antique, the value is enhanced by, as they say, the provenance. This  book’s provenance has more to do with […]

Easter Eve! And tomorrow children will be coloring and hunting those symbols of new life…eggs! Eggs clean and white  from the store. But I wonder how many have ever gone into a shadowy chicken house and searched through straw-filled nests in a quest for eggs? On the farm, that was my job. Going to get the […]

Good Friday. Thunder rumbles above us and the blessed rain falls. I’ve often wondered why this day before Easter is called “Good”. Perhaps it is because it was good for mankind that God’s plan of Salvation was completed as Christ died on the cross that day. But in actuality it was a most horrific day, […]