To reach Illinois, we boarded the train from Valley City. (The days of nun-driven cars had not yet evolved as an accepted mode of travel.) Since we arrived in the fall of the year, the soggy, humid days of typical Illinois summers were nearly over. Still for me, Illinois was very foreign. I was just a country bumpkin who had rarely left the boundaries of N
Great photos. As winter approaches MN, I look with longing at the sunshine and sand of your beaches. I will survive as I have these many years. Bless your family and keep you all safe and happy.
I thought this article has a lot of merit. I am usually a Democrate but lately more often an Independent. I liked this because it seems to bring out the importance of voting with more than just selfish interests. Also the author is from my generation. We have to stick together. From the Wed 06 Oct 2004 issue of the Ellensburg Daily Record (Ellensburg,
I was heading there also (Google)...but now I'll just wait.
Great thoughts! Great blessings!
What am I missing? Are you voting with Absentee ballots? It is difficult to try to get some folks out to vote. They are not easily influenced because of deep-seated apathy. I will be very glad when the voting is over.
Nice post, greywar. Thanks for the descriptions of what life was like when you first joined. You did share some of that with me back then. I watched a movie the other night, "Full Metal Jacket" which showed a very tough version of the life of a Marine in Basic Training. It was awful! I just hope it wasn't that bad for you. Anyway, you made it.
Oh, I forgot to say that the title of your article really grabbed my attention.
Words of Wisdom in a dark and dreary world of critics.
Good to see you back blogging. Sorry about the trouble. Pray! That is always my panacea...never the last resort!
Ah! The sweet mysteries of life...Love the little ones...Unless we become like them... Congratulations on your new baby-to=be. I think he/she will be fortune to have you for a mother.
Thanks, chiprj, for your kind comments. It is not my intentions to foist my faith on anyone but I do like to share. If readers don't agree with me, that is fine. I just tell it like it happened to me, how it came to me, what I did with it, what I have learned from it. I can't always support my faith by facts...that's why it is called faith.
Ha! I tried crossstitch once. That does not go with me. I need something that really shows after 10 minutes... like making those good old fashioned hook rugs.
Wow! What a great attitude you have. More power to you. Spread your philosophy. It could be contagious. You Wrote: You know, I thought about using "I can't" for this blog, but I've been through enough in my life now that I understand I can do or endure anything that I am required to do or endure. I might not WANT to . . . but I CAN. Life is far too difficult and wonderful to me to cheat myself by dwelling on the negative and constantl
Is it not a know fact that many people join the Army for less than honorable reasons. It should not surprise us if they act exceedingly less than honorable when their self-centered bodies are called upon to step out of their safe zone for the good of others? Shame on them! Honor to those who do serve well.
Here are some quotes and semi quotes from a book I have been reading, a novel by David Baldacci that has a lot of interesting political threads. It was quite a surprise for me to learn that about half of the people on our planet live in hopeless poverty. Now I am not sure that all of Baldacci’s statistics are absolutely correct. Some will say
It is surprising to me that while I can recall so vividly, the many memories of my childhood, this period of my life (Jan. 1946 – Sept. 1947) seems barren by comparison. I know that I was much less sure of myself as I was about to face this second probationary period than I had been facing the first. When I had the left the boarding school to enter the c
Exceptionally funny!
Been there, done that, many times. Who needs it?
What great memories your story brought back. Your telling was funny yet why did it product profuse tears? I recalled the prayers I said on those nights you and Paul pulled those 24 hours of duty. There was always the chance that some desperate person would come off Hwy. 10 to rob that little store and hurt my dear son.
Thanks to you, all, for your good wishes. Today is the first day of the rest of my life. I look forward to each one as a special gift. No regrets about yesterday, no fear for the future and assured trust for the strength I need for today. Have a great one!
xtine, But you did post one of your child. Of course, she doesn't know it. Greywar knows what I am up to though he did not give his approval. Not to worry! He is not that touchy. If he gets angry, he gets over it. Try the link.
Thanks chiprj for that info. Here is the Link to the photo album. It contains lots of cute pics of greywar, little and big. He says he was never little but he used to fit in the kitchen sink!
In the long ago days when I first started to teach, I was not privy to a very extensive training period that would alert me to hazards of words spoken without much thought. However, since I had been raised in a very loving family, I knew that using sarcasm with people was a cowardly way of dealing with a problem. Another no-no was labeling or name-calling. Adults as well as children will recall for many years, the spirit-killing power of name-calling.
Today I celebrate a lifetime, seventy-five years, of being the recepient of countless blessings. A great-niece sent me this site Link that perfectly expresses how grateful I am for God's constant love in my life and in th
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