I saw a sign of spring today Bright flowers now in bloom, People mowing their lawns Cleaning off porches with a broom. Bicycles going down the street Crowds of children now at play, Other’s playing a game of ball Oh, what a beautiful spring day. Many are doing spring cleaning Washing windows inside and out, […]
Yes, it is February, the LOVE month. Please note however, that this newsletter is sent to you AFTER Valentines Day. There is a specific reason for this. LOVE is both a noun and a verb. The question is do you use the noun or verb most often? Sadly, many men crowd the local supermarkets and […]
Mornings and nights are cold and frost hovers over the mountains. The deer and elk show up a lot more than they did, looking for something good to eat. Our Schnauzer, Holly, loves to lay on the little rug we placed by the small gas stove in our family room. As I write, it’s nearly […]
The winds have been blowing a gale here in the mountains of New Mexico–and we live in the southern mountains–Ruidoso. As a matter of fact, they blew in snow to our 12,000 foot mountain on October 6th! Of course, it didn’t last long, but toward the middle of the month, snow came again, and this […]
Friends are angels that lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly. I am not sure where you live, but here in the mountains of New Mexico, we frequently awaken to deep blue skies as the backdrop for luscious green pines of all kinds and bright yellow autumn Aspens. What […]
Have you been to WalMart or Target lately, and seen the brightly colored center-aisle displays of crayons, colored pencils, notebooks, lunch boxes and other “Back to School supplies? I recall that time of the year when our daughters would get new dresses for the first day of school, and new shoes and socks too, and […]
Have you ever been on a team? Football, baseball, soccer? Maybe a team you were on purposed to serve Thanksgiving meals to the homeless? Perhaps you became a member of a team going on a mission trip to build a house or even a house for parentless children. But I’ll tell you what . . […]
It was C.S. Lewis who stated that the sun is always shining somewhere else–around a bend in the road or over the hill. Was he correct, or was this a statement he made out of desperation or unhappiness? Do you agree? Are these your feelings also? There is a spiritual song which states: I don’t […]
How long ago was it when you went to a store, maybe the grocery store or Wal-Mart, and heard a child crying and screaming to the top of their lungs? It happens almost every time I am in a store, and I always wonder what’s going on. The other day, my friend and I were […]
June is busting out all over All over the meadow and the hill. There’s a cow out in the stable, and a little calf that’s able To stand up straight and moo just like its Ma Oh yes, it’s June, June, June. Just because it’s June, June, June! And yes, it is the month of […]
