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Two silly cat stories for you: – My brother has a black cat named Ren (Stimpy passed away…much sadness). Ren is 18 years old or, as my brother puts it, 126 in dog years. Since Ren is so old, my brother has started giving him wet food at night. This old cat is a little […] I was thinking about the church group in Haiti that is being held for trying to take children out of the country illegally. They mentioned on the news that private mercy flights aren’t happening as frequently now because everyone is afraid of not having the proper paperwork. So now children are actually dying because they […] Just a few thoughts before I toddle off to bed: – I don’t think we should get complacent about the lack of bad weather in Maine. Just because the Mid-Atlantic states are getting slammed with snow right now does not mean we won’t get slammed with snow later. After all, winter here lasts into April. […] We had our monthly bean supper yesterday. On advice from my pastor, I had revised the sign-up sheet and made it more detailed as to what tasks needed to be done and at what time. This enabled the work to be spread out over several volunteers instead of it being all done by one or […] We are a nation of “ooh shiny” people. People are easily distracted and have short attention spans. The “ooh shiny” part is a running joke my older brother, Ted, and I have going on. It is like when you are walking down the street talking to someone and you see something shiny on the pavement […] A few things I have learned this winter (or remember learning previous winters): – The most common conversation starter this time of year is in reference to the temperature outside. As in “cold enough for you?” or a similar question. Frankly, having lived in Nebraska for a number of years, unless your nose hair freeze […] Have you ever read the book “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” by Robert Fulghum? Wonderful book! I read it years ago and, in thinking about it today, I may just have to find my copy and re-read it. Why was I thinking about it today? As I was working, I […] |
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