It is my custom to send, usually by email, a bit of wisdom each day to my daughters and grandchildren. These bits of wisdom will […]
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Is this the way…..
Once upon a time….Is this not the way many great stories start? I’m not saying this is a great story, but it is a story, […]
Continue readingScotland invades America….
Scottish World Cup fans have recently done their country proud with their friendly demeanor and demonstrated pride in their great country as they descended in […]
Continue readingThe untimely death of St. Michael’s….
I’m a guy who gets attached to things; people, places, cars, guns, books, fountain pens, etc. These few inadequate words are about a special place […]
Continue readingThe Book….
Watching the second of our two live-streamed services on a recent Sunday morning, one of the speakers at Quentin Road Baptist Church in Lake Zurich […]
Continue readingThe closing….
Today (Dec 12) is closing day. Closing on the sale of the building that was our business home for 39 years. There were lots of […]
Continue reading“I hope you still feel small”…
On this evening’s (Dec 1) Live Show on The Voice, Rob Cole, one of Reba’s team, sang Lee Ann Womack’s I hope you dance. That […]
Continue readingOn Harvest Crew….
A Grandson and I were headed “up north.” He has lived in Scotland for the last ten years, and he is enrolled in a Scottish […]
Continue readingOld footsteps….
There is a parcel of land NW of Hooker near the Kansas state line, we’ve always called it “up north.“ It was settled by a […]
Continue reading“What will I do when it doesn’t work?”
Back in the middle seventies, a young couple, along with two daughters, left Scotland (her home) for Oklahoma (his home). That was me, my wife […]
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