To read today's portion of scripture, you can purchase The One Year Bible (paid link) or find the following in your Bible:Genesis 5:1-7:24Matthew 3:7-4:11Psalm 3:1-8Proverbs 1:10-19 Enoch lived sixty-five years, and begot Methuselah. After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him." Genesis 5:21-24 I have ... continue reading...
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Rotten Ralph’s … And a Few Tips
I did it again. I somehow sloshed just enough water on my laptop to fry the keyboard. This would be the second time, in case you're keeping track. Can anyone top that? I thought for a brief, heart-stopping moment that I might have to go back to a PC, but then all sorts of wonderful, serendipitous events transpired to keep that from happening. A friend saw my post, and then looked on Craig's list and saw my exact laptop (but in much better shape, meaning it had both USB ports (one of mine was ... continue reading...
The Beez Neez
We went queen-shopping last month down at the local bee supply store. That's where you go when you're in need of a queen, don't you know. Picked us up a nice little Italian queen whom we promptly named Luccia. What ... did you want us to call her Mitzi? We've been beekeepers for about seven years now. Maybe eight. It all started when I got rear-ended up on Highway 9, two minutes from home, on a rainy afternoon when the girl behind the truck behind me forgot how to brake. Her explanation for ... continue reading...
Moon Songs
"The heart knows its own bitterness ..." Proverbs 14:10 Craig was only twelve, but that was two years more living than I had under my belt, so naturally I believed him. "I know why that old German lady is crazy," he told my cousin and me, gesturing to the house next to his. His was the skinny in-between farm, flanked on one side by my grandparents and on the other by the lady in question. I didn't doubt Craig. He knew just enough more about everything else that we never thought to question ... continue reading...
The (Hobby) Farm in July
Here's a snapshot of July from a few years ago ... "Well, life on the farm is kinda laid baaaaack!" Really? Let's see now. How has my week gone ... Two of our goats, Bambi and Jimmy, had a touch of something or other. Dave gave them a wormer and I gave them two doses of penicillin. It occurs to me now that I'm the family injector. Dave doesn't say, "I need to give the goats (insert: cat, dog ... hamster) a shot." He says, "We need to give the goats a shot," and then he waits for me to ... continue reading...
Making Room
I wrote this article for HomeLife magazine ten or twelve years ago. We still have this jar of straw, and every time I see it, I'm reminded of the truth I learned on that long-ago Christmas. I remember -- distinctly -- how overwhelmed I felt the first time someone suggested an Advent celebration to me. Four nights. I’d have to set aside four nights during the busiest four weeks of the year. Lighting the candles sounded nice. I liked candles. Prayer was fine. I liked prayer. Sitting around a ... continue reading...