Baseball is a team sport.
So are football, auto racing, and sailing.
It’s the people at our side, the shoulder-rubbers; and the support personnel backing us up that enable us to find success in ...
Abandoned.
That’s what being left behind is all about. Someone doesn’t want something and goes off without it.
Sometimes we can’t take something with us. The airline won’t ferry our pets to ...
Creep, or to creep?
The question’s not clear, not without additional context. Creep has too many meanings, none of which are obvious, unless we are aware of the intent of the speaker.
For ...
Plant a hydrangea.
It’s a beautiful shrub with massive flowering balls that are blue or pink, depending upon the acidic level of the soil. They thrive in full sun, but without adequate water, the ...
How can we tell the true spiritual timbre of our hearts?
It’s easy to show up at church on Sunday mornings, sing in the choir, and shake hands with people we’ve come to know as casual ...
A number of years ago, a hurricane struck Florida. Whole towns were devastated. One mother survived with her children in her arms, even though her roof had been ripped from her apartment ...
Fear.
It’s the start of worry. Yet worry without action has no effect on the outcome of our days. Worry robs today of its joy and does nothing to prevent the problems of tomorrow.
Fear is the ...
Obstacles.
They come in all sizes and shapes, from finances to family members to health issues that dog us continually. Sometimes they seem insurmountable.
In the TV series Expedition Unknown, host ...
Call it homework: the thing we’re expected to get accomplished before the next stage of our project can commence.
A number of years ago there was a home remodeling show called Trading Spaces. In ...
Water is one of the most interesting substances we know. With just a few degrees of change, it can turn from water into steam, smoothing the wrinkles from our clothing or cooking our favorite ...
We know the story of color. We’ve read about, even lived with it. Shine a white light on any surface, and it illuminates every detail. Use only red, green, yellow or brown, and we’ll see part of ...
We’ve known since 1896 that love makes the world go ’round. That’s when Clyde Fitch wrote the words to the first documented song by this name.
Then Ollie Jones presented his version in 1958, ...
To keep our modern society running smoothly, there are laws we must all obey. We can only drive at posted speeds. We cannot trespass on others’ property. We must pay our taxes when due.
There were ...