Month: March 2018

“I want to come to your house and do nothing,” my daughter said before spring break. Her days fill quickly with places to go and people to see. Weekends often include birthday parties as well as her tasks as Christian Education director. Nothing? I could do nothing. Sleep in late, read books, watch TV, shoo…

Chocolate contains part of our daily requirements for iron. If that isn’t a great reason for eating chocolate, I don’t know what is. Plus, darker chocolate has a higher iron content. This explains my meditative moment in the baking aisles as I contemplated the brownie mixes: Milk chocolate brownies, brownies with colorful chips, brownies swirled…

The educational psychologist emphasized one concept, “Children kept excessively in playpens or cribs develop a barrier in their thinking. They do not see the options. They do not realize they can explore. Over use of play pens limits them mentally,” he said. At that moment, I resolved to never use a playpen with my children.…

I lost my cousin Maretta last week. She entered high school as I entered grade school, married about the time I began learning long division and moved a long way away before I finished high school. Our paths crossed a few times over the years. My late mother kept me up to date on all…

Our first year with Cub Scouts the Den Master admonished us, “keep track of when and where you help out, and what you buy for the Scouts. The expenses and mileage add up for non-profit deductions.” That good advice from the early 1970s is still good advice. Of course, we ignore it and trust our…

Wiping my mouth and tossing the Styrofoam plate and bowl into the trash at the motel, I gather up my suitcase, pocketbook and laptop. Time to hit the road for another day of traveling to see the family. Seeing the family is great. I love to have the face time with them.. Traveling down the…