My older brother, Ted, and I had a discussion (a.k.a. argument) last night about the posting I did yesterday. He felt that I was implying that the northern forefathers were weak in not “forcing” the southern forefathers to give up slavery when they were forming the United States. He said that there was much more […]
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Little trivia about tax day: – the first Federal income tax in the US was instituted in 1861 to help pay for the Civil War. – the income tax that started with the Wilson-Gorman Tarriff Act of 1894 was challenged in court and decided by the US Supreme Court, in 1895, to be unconstitutional. – […] People who don’t have faith have difficulty understanding how God works. Take, for example, the little girl who was found this week after five days alone in an alligator infested swamp. The situation seemed dire and hopeless because of the conditions and it had been so long. But a member of her church prayed, trusted […] As you have probably gleaned from previous postings, I consider myself a pretty good baker. Cookies, pies, cakes. All of it seems to be pretty easy for me and everyone enjoys what I bake. I take pride in knowing that there isn’t anything I can’t make if I have the recipe and ingredients. So what […] Sitting here watching TV on a Saturday night and I keep hearing booming. At first I thought it was thunder but I didn’t think we were supposed to get thunderstorms tonight. I looked outside and it is clear and I can see stars. So it isn’t thunder. Besides, it sounds man-made. Like fireworks but lower […] Just a few thoughts on a beautiful spring day: – The forsythia is blooming!! It wasn’t blooming yesterday but today there are bushes of bright yellow flowers everywhere. They are so beautiful!! I wish they would bloom all summer but I don’t think I would appreciate them as much as I do since they only […] I have a favorite pair of slipper socks. They are knee-highs, pink and white striped and fuzzy. My pink fuzzy socks. When I went to do laundry last Friday, I set the laundry basket on top of the dryer and one of my pink fuzzy socks leaped off the basket and dove behind the dryer. […] This may not make much sense in the future but as of today, I haven’t posted anything for the month of April. I have never gone this long without posting something. My policy is to never let more than two days go by without writing. Mostly because I like seeing the calendar filled as much […] Today is Good Friday. For me, the saddest day of the year. I don’t work on this day. When I was growing up and attending a Lutheran school, we didn’t have classes on Good Friday and, as I remember, would attend a service at noon in addition to the service in the evening. When I […] For those who don’t know, Maundy Thursday is the Thursday of Holy Week and is also known as Holy Thursday. It is a celebration and observation of Holy Communion and the washing of the disciple’s feet by Jesus. At my church, it is also an opportunity to confess our sins (in a drawn-out, detailed manner) […] |
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