What’s New
Cock-a-Doodle-Do!
Yesterday, an editor from Discovery House Publishers (DHP) emailed to say the cover design for Different Dream Parenting had been finalized. She also sent a jpeg attachement of the design. I held my breath while clicking it open, certain nothing could top the...
A Fly-Over Life
You know how jet setters dismiss the land between the east and west coasts as fly-over country? They scoff at what they consider a wasteland of cornfields, a vast expanse where nothing worthwhile happens, nothing of consequence is produced, no one of importance lives....
Winter Survival Kit
This past Wednesday and Thursday, I went on a short speaking junket. One gig was in Iowa, not too far north of here. But the other was in southern Minnesota - smack dab in the center of where the snow hit last Saturday. Which means I got an unwanted taste of winter,...
Changes Near the McFarthest Spot
McFarthest spot in the United States? Or the annual and well-attended Sheep Shearing School held in those parts? Or my recent selfish thoughts about the paving project that may change the remote area where we used to live? Well, the effects of the road project is...
Cherry Pie Is My Home Boy
Is the mix of tart and sweet, the bright red color, the distinctive fruity flavor, or the tune from “Can you bake a cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy” rolling around in my head that makes cherry pie my number one pie pick? Whatever the reason, homemade cherry pie made...
Refrigerator Woes
Philo Christmas gifts have become depressingly predictable in recent years. Three years ago, the furnace made a fuss in December. Last year, the range bit the dust in November. Now, the refrigerator’s belching rudely before, during, and after meals. “The compressor’s...