It has been many months since I’ve posted to this online journal. I don’t know why that is or why I’m back…at least for today… We are getting more snow this morning. We’ve had something like 50 inches of snow this winter (maybe more). And February is typically a big snow month! I can’t describe…

WHAT IF… …there was a church that truly enjoyed children? All churches seem to want more kids (usually stated as “we want/need to attract more young families”). And then, having declared that, children are relegated to the sidelines of church life, it seems. We love to see them in Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, Children’s…

Amy & I went to Philadelphia last weekend to visit zha (Matt) and Suzanne. It was a vacation weekend for me so I read, and we ate Philly food, and took some walks around their neighborhood. We also looked around the University of Pennsylvania, in case Amy decides to go to college there. On the…

It’s already sweatshirt weather here in the Endless Mountains! Front porch sitting now requires that, since we are not ready to give up that favorite place to be. It’s also great sleeping weather! It’s now dark at 6:00 a.m. My early morning activity today was disposing of our paper trash in the burn barrel. We…