Picture worth a thousand thoughts
There it was, staring at me as soon as I opened a box, situated like someone had placed it there on purpose. How long...
We have too many laws
We have too many laws in our nation. This is a refrain which I have repeatedly reiterated in this very paper.Some examples from our...
She died of a broken heart
One of my favorite Christmas memories was one I shared with our son, Greg, several years before he was married.A week before Christmas I...
Shining light on the good
There is little doubt that bad news sells so well that bad is almost all we hear about. We hear about wars, humans treating...
Christmas magic in many forms
The magic of Christmas comes in many shapes and forms.I remember the shiny gloss of a purple-and-white J.C. Higgins bicycle at age 8. The...
Home is where you make it
I tend to be a home body. My wife is aggravated by this at times; she is more of a traveler and likes to...
Baby, it really was cold outside
The current controversy over the 1944 Christmas classic “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” reminds me of a time many years ago when a snowstorm blew...
A Christmas season miracle?
It was a typical Thursday morning as my son and I turned the corner near my sister and brother-in-law’s farm on our way home....
Yearlong practice of regifting
RegiftingHerb DayI have known about the art of regifting ever since I tried to take a bit of Aunt Mildred’s fruit cake when I...
Everything a dog should be
It has often been said that a dog is a man’s best friend. That does not hold true in my household, at least from...