Category Archives: Everyday Thinking
Do No Work (book review)
Do No Work: Beat Burnout, Find Inner Peace, and Strengthen Your Faith By Studying the Most Overlooked of the Ten Commandments, by Andrew Gilmore is published by Sequoyah Trails Press Copyright 2014. It is a short work but filled with a wealth of information that folks, like myself, have been searching for many years. Here …
Martin Van Buren 1782-1862 (book review)
Martin Van Buren is written by Jim Hargrove under the consultation of Charles Abele, Ph.D. The book is found in the Juvenile section of my public library with the other Encyclopedia of Presidents books. The book is 100 pages in length and written in fifth or sixth grade level. It is published by Children’s Press, …
Reoccurring Kittens
We all dream, right? Sometimes dreams make sense and are something lingering in our subconscious mind, so I am told. Sometimes dreams turn into frightening scenes that awaken us in a drenching sweat. Most of the time, our dreams are just plain silly. Last night I dreamed that our family had a cat that had …
Write It When I’m Gone (book review)
Write It When I’m Gone: Remarkable Off-the-record Conversations with Gerald R. Ford by Thomas M. DeFrank. The edition I listened to was read by Scott Brick, a very good reader. The book was unabridged and produced by Books On Tape on seven discs. I borrowed it from my local public library. The copyright year is …
A Woman of Courage (Book Review)
This 322-page book is written by one of my favorite authors, Wanda Brunstetter. It is a 2014 copyright by Shiloh Run Press, an imprint of Barbour Books, Uhrichvbille, OH. Brunstetter is, in my opinion, the original Amish fiction writers. She wrote Amish fiction before it was trendy. Like her counterpart, Beverly Lewis, she writes with …
An Ax to Grind
Why, I ask, after listening to the press briefing with Sean Spicer today, why does the press act as if Otto Warmbier has been treated as if murdered? No one, but several reporters, tried to get Spicer to say something that he was not about to say. So, I’ll say my opinion. I did some …
A Little of This; A Dab of That
Last was a week of interest. As a result of meanderings last week, I present a few scattered thoughts. The week started Sunday after church when a charming, good looking grandson picked me up along with his girlfriend and took me to lunch at an oriental food place. Good food and good company. His work …
What Would You Do?
With test results in hand, the doctor solemnly looks at his patient and says, “It is acute leukemia. You have approximately two weeks to live.” This is not a hypothetical question. Those words were spoken to an acquaintance of mine over the weekend. Loreen has about two weeks left of her life. Pastor announced it …
Admiration
For the past two days I have been observing the construction of a new concrete driveway across the street. On Saturday I saw a tree come down to make room for a wider driveway and that is a skill all its own too. Then yesterday the bed was laid by taking out the old driveway. …
