In October, around suppertime, the sun, as it nears the western horizon, casts a golden glow over leaves and grass. As the day comes to a close, my thoughts turn backward a few decades to a small farm in eastern Oklahoma. I remember a mother and father, a girl and her brother, who lived there. And, the cows, horse, […]
Oct 15, 2016
Make It Merry with Music
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Music has power. You don’t think so? In other days, armies marched with a song. In biblical times, music played such an important part that kings were instructed to send singers in front of an army. Guess what? The enemies were so taken off guard, they didn’t know what to do. King Saul was comforted when […]
Oct 14, 2016
Terror Gave Them Wings
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Have you ever been so scared you simply reacted without thinking? Or maybe terror gave you wings and fear sharpened your senses, adrenalin driving you to super human sharpness of thought. I remember fleeing a tornado, as a child, and my heart beat so fast I couldn’t get down the cellar steps fast enough. In 1961, […]
Oct 12, 2016
Prayer, Coffee, and Crises
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Flora Tucker believes that prayer and coffee can fix just about anything. So do I; only, I could leave off the coffee and know that prayer is the answer to any crisis. I’ve read a couple of news stories about Tim Tebow praying for two of his fans, at different times, who had fallen ill […]
Oct 11, 2016
If You Ask Me (Although You Haven’t)
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The trouble with getting older is that, with the years, a person gains some wisdom (if we didn’t, those years would be wasted, wouldn’t they?) but nobody will ask us to share that wisdom! I’d like to gather a group of youngsters around me, people in their thirties and forties, who have yet to reach the admirable […]
Oct 9, 2016
Darcy and Flora Trivia Quiz
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Tomorrow’s post will have the correct answers to this Darcy and Flora trivia quiz. Name the town and state where Darcy and Flora live. What is the name of the cat who lives with them? Flora has a quirky friend; what is her name? Name the make and color of Darcy’s car. Who is Darcy’s […]
