Tag Archives: stories
What
So, you want to write a book. For the next few weeks — maybe with a break for other writing announcements or reviews — we’ll tackle the five Ws and the H … that’s What, When, Where, Why. Who, and … Continue reading →
The Gospel According to Luke
This morning’s offering at Howland (ME) United Methodist Chruch. Blessed are you, Sovereign God, Creator of all, to You be glory and praise forever. You founded the earth in the beginning and the heavens are the work of Your hands. … Continue reading →
Blinded by the Fog
Words for the Week … It was a fog-shrouded morning, July 4, 1952, when a young woman named Florence Chadwick waded into the water off Catalina Island. She intended to swim the channel from the island to the California coast. … Continue reading →
We Haven’t Been Up to Bat Yet
This week’s Words for the Week is a tongue in cheek message that resonates a real truth Temptation tries to blind us to other possibilities. Consider this, for example. A business man driving home from work one day saw a … Continue reading →
Five Minute Friday — Testimony
Happy Five Minute Friday time. The assignment this week was, quite frankly, challenging. The FMF prompt was TESTIMONY, which should be easy peasy. But my mind kept wandering off in different directions {that’s why I call them free range thoughts} … Continue reading →
We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
I received an advance an advance reading copy of We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast through Goodreads’ Giveaways, and my review is based on an uncorrected proof. We Are the Weather will be available in bookstores … Continue reading →
Thought for Today
The words for the week are from Thought for Today by Ray Lammie. Somewhere between my childhood and now, what was considered proper in responding to others has changed. We were taught that it was respectful to return phone calls, … Continue reading →
The Pelican
Jesus said, “Don’t worry about your life … Look at the birds in the sky. They don’t sow seed or harvest grain or gather crops into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them.” — Matthew 6:25-26 (CEB) I love pelicans, … Continue reading →
Five Minute Friday — Pace
Happy Friday! Time for this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. I cherish this exercise. It gives me a chance to shut off the world and focus on a specific word prompt. It gives my mind a chance to ponder … Continue reading →
Planning
Wow. That’s a word you don’t often hear from me, but if I have any chance of pulling off a travelogue/writer share/book tour next year before I fade into the sunset, that’s exactly what I must do. I am tentatively … Continue reading →
The Light 