We Americans are proud of our country, and of the way we grew to be one of the greatest nations in the world. We fought hard and won our independence and then fought other wars to defend our land, keep the union together, and to preserve freedom for other nations. But how did we succeed […]
Thoughts
Spring All Year
I thought it would be rather ironic to share a post about spring on the last day of winter with 6 inches of fresh snow on the ground.  🙂 Happy last day of winter everyone! A few minutes ago, if the occupants of the dark green truck driving by bothered to look up, they would […]
Love was Sweeter Then
Emma watched her grandmother’s face, more captivated by what she saw there than on the television, where a black-and-white film showed a couple parting at a train station. The young woman stood on the train station platform, waving her handkerchief at the receding form of a soldier hanging as far as humanly possible over the […]
Weapons of Mass Destruction
When my eyes landed on this picture in Time magazine, a shock ran through me. I’d never seen what is used to perform abortions before. The caption under the picture said something like “Instruments used for a surgical abortion”, but my mind immediately classified them as something else: weapons of mass destruction. Every year more […]
Thinking Truthfully About Others
This week I’ve been thinking and learning a lot of different things about people, but there’s one thought that I want to take hold of in my own mind, and hopefully writing this post is going to help that happen. It’s about the way we think about other people – which is really the root […]
Instant Gratification: The Demise of the Masterpiece
Recently my brother and his family took a trip to Scotland and a few of the surrounding countries in Europe. Their pictures from the trip, of course, included  incredible architecture. Hearing the amount of time that it took to build some of those castles and cathedrals is mind blowing, especially in today’s do-it-faster society. Take, […]