Author Archives: wisdomfromafather
It’s Time To Cook
Karen would have loved Facebook and blogging. Sure, she was plugged in to the Internet, but the social media would have been her friend. Now, there is a lot of mis-information and drivel out there. But there are many interesting … Continue reading
What? No Five Minute Friday?
What? No Five Minute Friday? Lisa Jo Baker — our Five Minute Friday leader and muse — didn’t post a prompt this week. Horrors! And she didn’t warn us! Or at least I didn’t get the memo. I guess she … Continue reading
Giving Thanks
When you look around, you might sense there is less to be thankful about than usual as we approach the close of 2013. It’s a natural feeling. We’re winding down, but there are still too many families separated by war. … Continue reading
Starlings, Gulls and Ducks
It doesn’t take much to amuse me. I can be mesmerized for hours by nature. Case in point. The other day I was driving {I do that a lot} when a swarm of starlings played peek a boo with traffic. … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday — Fly
It’s Friday so it’s time for Five Minute Friday when a group of people who love to throw caution to the wind gather — a couple of hundred strong — to just write without worrying if it’s just right and … Continue reading
Saying “I Love You”
Just before Karen died, she had been reading a book she received as a gift from JoAnn {don’t know who that is} by Rodale Press for Hallmark. It was actually for both of us, but Karen was the reader in … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Honey
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to … Continue reading
Pro-Choice … Choose Life
I had the privilege of attending the annual fund raising banquet for Care Net Pregnancy Care Center of the Finger Lakes last night. And it was an honor to meet and talk with the guest speaker, Kristan Hawkins, pro-life speaker … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday — Tree
We call it Five Minute Friday. It’s where everyone writes for five, unedited minutes all on the same prompt. This week, that prompt is TREE. The initiative was started by Lisa-Jo Baker (http://lisajobaker.com/2013/11/five-minute-friday-tree/). Her rules: no extreme editing; no worrying … Continue reading
Was That Karen?
I belong to a Facebook group, You know you lived in Paterson, NJ in the 50’s & 60’s. A couple of months ago, Hedy Weston posted this picture … and my jaw dropped. The girl in front to the far … Continue reading
The Light 