A few evenings back, Nora (D’Rae’s mother-in-law) was over to the house. She and I and Tom were sitting in the kitchen talking and catching up. Jake was in the back yard weed-eating and the other two boys were off in their rooms. All of a sudden, we heard a sound. I can only describe it as a loud “plink.” It…
Month: September 2015
Taking the Road Home
Roads are important. They can take you on important trips and exciting adventures. Rascal Flatts (and Selah) sing, ” I set out on a narrow way, many years ago. Hoping I would find true love, along the broken road. But I got lost a time or two, wiped my brow and kept pushing through. I couldn’t see how every sign,…
Bravo!
Music has always been a big part of my life. The Yeagley boys had one musical requirement — pound our way through several red John Thompson piano books under my mother’s direction. Then, and only then, could we choose an instrument to play. I chose accordion. But it was not uncommon to hear a trumpet, violin, cello, baritone, bassoon, or guitar playing in our…
In My Potter’s Hands!
I love my little pottery collection. It’s not much, but I think it is beautiful. We’ve gotten pieces over the years for our anniversary, or a birthday, or because there was a sale! It takes a craftsman to make pottery. It takes a creator. (How do people believe in evolution, when a simple object lesson of a piece of pottery…
Stand Strong
It’s hot and humid. The dirt on the ground offers no place to hide. Bullets are whizzing in every which direction. People are scattering. No one is safe. What a dirty place. What a disaster has fallen upon this earth. Ever since the Garden of Eden, Satan has been sending out his bullets, aiming at anything and everything in hopes…
How Are You Today?
How are you today? We all say it, hear it, and respond to it many times every day! In passing. In the hallway. Waiting in the elevator. At the store. Even at church. We walk past each other mumbling it and scarcely wait for the reply. And what is the reply? “Pretty good” “Ok” “Tired” Every once in a while…
A New Zip Code
Three zip codes . . . just three. 99691 – Nikolai, AK – Population 94: Most of the residents are indigenous Alaskans. Winters are tough with temperatures dipping to 60 below zero in this tiny Interior Alaskan village. 99648 – Perryville, AK – Population 113: Like Nikolai, the handful of folk in Perryville are primarily indigenous Alaskans. Located on the…
Keep On Keeping On
Driving home tonight I started thinking of the times in our 22 year marriage that stand out. Times that are memorable and special. A couple periods of time always come to mind. #1: Our Texas Days. Tom took a traveling nurse assignment in Laredo, Texas. We loaded up Jake and Ben, and a small U-Haul, and headed out on an…