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The Light Shines Upon the Chairs that You and Others Used to Sit – Світло сяє на стільцях, на яких раніше сиділи ви та інші
The Light Shines Upon the Chairs that You and Others Used to Sit Світло сяє на стільцях, на яких раніше сиділи ви та інші For many years before the pandemic, our friends from Ukraine, all pastors or...
Emails from Friends in Ukraine at the Start of the War – Листи від друзів з України на початку війни
Emails from Friends in Ukraine at the Start of the War Листи від друзів з України на початку війни Below is an email I sent out to my family, various friends, and my church group in which I included...
Postcard Story – Dad’s Coming – Winslow Homer – 1873 – National Gallery of Art, Washington
Dad's Coming! (nga.gov) (In Public Domain) Second Grandson – 04/13/14 …and so the boy would sit upon the boat, still and unmoving upon the sand of the beach, and he would look straight ahead, gazing...
Love Thy Neighbor – A Story of War, by Peter Maass – 1996 – An Informal Book Review
I am a member of a weekly zoom Sunday Sermon Discussion group through a church I am mainly only able to participate with online. One discussion we had was on Jesus as the center of our faith...
Postcard Story – Pool Parlor – Jacob Lawrence – 1942 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/488043 Sister's Spouse – 10/26/21 …and the darkness of the painting pulls you in, you need to stop, the blackness of two of the images enticing you...
Alex Haley, a Writer & Speaker Who with Words Painted Pictures I Remember to this Day
Alex Haley, a Writer & Speaker Who with Words Painted Pictures I Remember to this Day For most of my 31 years working for the IRS, my job, which I loved, was managing, promoting, and...
A Treasure Intangible – The Name of a Beautiful Little Baby Boy
A Treasure Intangible – The Name of a Beautiful Little Baby Boy I have a variety of little physical treasures, little things worthless to practically everyone else, that sit on the little two drawer...
Postcard Story – The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil – Edouard Manet – 1874 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(In Public Domain) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436965 Second Daughter – 10/15/20 …and at first, when he was just a baby, there was not a real difference between him and his older...
The Reasons Why I Write
“Dad, you are not getting any younger.” My youngest daughter is what I have often described as a divine or inspired nag concerning my writing. Everyone should be so blessed to have such...
My Audience, Those for Whom I Write
“Dad, you need to write for your audience. You need to figure that out. Have you been thinking about who your audience is since we last had this same conversation?” “Yes, I thought about...