January 17, 2018 This morning, we had breakfast in the library. We chose the library because it is where the wood stove sits, our companion this winter, more so than ever before, as the snow that began falling last night, continues to cover our world. In a few hours Kate fly’s to Los…
I Stand with Israel I cannot imagine that anyone who knows me or has read That Is All For Now, can in anyway doubt where I stand on today’s historic speech, by Prime Minister Netanyahu; I stand with the Prime Minister and I stand with Israel. I believe we are about to witness a historic…
Gilad Shalit “Then Jesus told them this parable: ‘Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes…
The Earrings I know I have been thinking about how this month we mark the year anniversary, of our lives being impacted by the pandemic. But even though there is a lot to say, I do not want to focus on covid-19 anymore. I know we cannot truly avoid thinking about it, and it…
The Train is in Motion A year ago we were on the way to Florida. We had been trying to time our trip around birthdays. I was upset about the fact that I would be late for Christine’s birthday, but was looking forward to celebrating Joy’s in Maine. Though we were aware of covid in…
My Fran Mrs. Frances Hines I thought that I was finished writing obituaries. In the last ten years, I have lost too many people and had decided to stop writing about those losses; but this is different, Fran was different. Fran lived a very full life, and most people would say a long enough life,…
Change No, the change we have all been waiting for has not yet come; but I am still hopeful. Never-the-less, there has been change, whether we wanted it or not, there has been change. As I often do, this year I sent out Thanksgiving Day cards. I had not bought them last year, after the…
November 2020 Growing up New Year’s Eve was spent in church; we had a vigilia, an all-night vigil, or prayer meeting. There would be food, of course, and lots of socializing, along with prayer. I miss those New Year celebrations. Since those long gone days, I do not think much about the New Year celebrations. …
Higginsville “It is not that we are old, we are just not young anymore.” The words are not mine, and I am afraid I may not have quoted them correctly. I heard them, on the original Magnum P.I., spoken by Tom Selleck’s character, and thought about how true they rang. Magnum P.I., the original series,…
Civility There is so much to miss these days, from getting together with people to being able to make plans; I believe that regardless of how long this virus last, it will come to an end and I will once again be able to go shopping or on vacation. But I am also missing civility;…