Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles

My mom’s maternal family can trace its lineage in this country alone back to 1685, nearly 100 years before this country was “born,” when three Stanley brothers, Thomas, William and John, fled religious persecution and disinheritance in England and came to America, to Virginia. The Stanley family story is detailed and vivid because the three [...]

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[Note: I didn't write these, so don't send me your complaints! But, do enjoy and see how many more you can think of!] You may not know that many non-living things have a gender. For example: 1) Ziploc Bags — They are Male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them. [...]

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Since I’m visiting here on the edge of the sun at the moment, I thought this post would be most appropriate. Actually, it’s more than appropriate. You definitely need to take a minute to see this. It will change you for the rest of the day! Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida has put up [...]

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That’s what the front page headline read this morning in the Abilene Reporter-News. I thought the short article was ridiculous, myself, and laughable, but then I’m not a man so maybe I don’t have a clue here. I don’t know – what do all you guys out there think about the “modern church” of today? [...]

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Read “Confessions From the Edge of the Sun,” but also check out my latest post, which is on “Weekenders.” You’ll be glad you did!

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Words spoken in haste may soon be regretted. That’s what I’ve been thinking most the last three days since arriving here on the edge of the sun. The climate here is less than compatible with life of any form or fashion, and human life in particular. Not only that, the hot broiling sun, a mere [...]

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That would be a good name for a book. Which I could write based upon my last three months in “confinement” here in front of the computer. But the good news is – drum roll here, please – my foot is “HEALED!!” (Here I want to hear you all singing Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus, which is [...]

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