Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra (May 12, 1925 – September 22, 2015) was an American professional baseball catcher, manager and coach. He was known for his malapropisms as well as pithy and paradoxical statements, such as “It ain’t over ’til it’s over” (Said in July 1973, when Berra’s Mets trailed the Chicago Cubs by 9½ games in…
Month: September 2019
Read a Book Day
A READING ADVENTURE If all yesterday’s good reasons for picking up a book weren’t enough, I am learning (again!) that God speaks to me through everything I read, not just through the Bible. The day the Internet went down (August 28), I picked up a book to read, partly because I’d been meaning to, partly…
Tomorrow is . . .
NATIONAL READ A BOOK DAY (Some of the following was gleaned from the web) Scientists have discovered how to maintain clarity of mind throughout life: you need to constantly develop your brain. One of the best ways to do this is to read regularly and thoughtfully. Reading improves memory and concentration as well as reduces…
Just Think…
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do. – – Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), though famous for his scientific achievements in astronomy, mathematics, and physics, and…
The Solution, part 2
With the family rooms and kitchen cleaned and treated, the cats were free to roam. The next day they went to the vet to have that other little matter cared for. Were we finally going to come out of the woods? We were. The two kittens we got back from their worming, done at the…
Labor Day
The “Works“ Jesus Commands Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in…