The Shop
The shop. It sat out back of the house. At first, in our case, it was an old wooden shed that my dad had built for storing our household goods while we were out of the country – back up north on “home service” or “furlough”. When we returned and then built [...]
An interesting take on Thanksgiving Day’s meaning…
Here’s an interesting (to me anyway) take on Thanksgiving Day. It comes from my friend Hobie’s blog “Lady Liberty Defended” and was written by Old Ironsights, another internet friend. I like the following statement especially, “I’m a carnivore, not a scavenger.” I can share that sentiment, although circumstances have lead me to the place where [...]
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The Giving Of Thanks
Open for me the gates of righteousness; I will enter and give thanks to the LORD. This is the gate of the LORD through which the righteous may enter. I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation. Psalm 118:19-21
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love [...]
To Vote Or Not To Vote
Since I’m messing around with the blog today I thought I’d take time to say a little something about the voting process. As a US Citizen the privilege of voting is something I take seriously. I know that many of my country men do not. In fact many of them will abstain [...]
A Tale Of Two “Holidays”
Yesterday was “Hallowed Evening”, popularly known as “Halloween”. The celebration of this pagan holiday has gotten pretty big down here in Colombia. Last night as I went to pick up my wife from work I was faced with teeming throngs of “trick or treaters” moving through the downtown section. Along with the [...]