Much to my mother’s chagrin, I often view some of the holidays on our calendar not as legit, but as Hallmark Holidays, ones that different businesses hype up to guilt consumers into buying things they otherwise might not. This year, though, it’s hard to look at Father’s Day that way. […]
Michigan Camp Meeting is here once again. And for the I-don’t-remember-how-many-th-time I had the privilege of participating the Sabbath School panel in the main auditorium. Being a part of the panel is always a tremendous blessing, and this year was no exception. We studied ideas coming out of this week’s […]
It has been 20 months since my last post. At times I considered giving up blogging completely. Other times I thought about starting a new, more focused blog. But I reasoned I don’t stay on any one hobby or activity or interest area long enough to sustain a new blog. […]
I realized something earlier this year: I don’t like bananas. To be fair, I like bananas in smoothies, and I like banana bread, and other banana-themed baked goods. So I guess technically I like bananas in the proper context. Yet, while I don’t hate them, I don’t like bananas. For […]
I have a hard time answering that quintessential road trip time passing question “If you had to give up one, what one sense could you live with out?” But I can answer a related question. The one sense I could not live with out is the sense of smell. Yes, […]
When I moved to Virginia three and a half years ago, I was shocked to see how nicely people dressed, all the time. Growing up in Michigan, it seemed as soon as the temperature dropped below 40 degrees, the automatic garb was jeans and a hoodie–and that was relatively dressed […]
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