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Through the Storm

March 21, 2025

Sometimes something can happen that I can’t write down until enough time has passed that my fingers don’t shake or tears don’t fall on my keyboard. One of those somethings happened at the end of last month.

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The True Meaning of Christmas (are people still looking for it?)

December 12, 2024

I have heard that many people believe the true meaning of Noel, Christmas has gotten lost in the the hubbub that surround this holiday.

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Poor Vision

November 25, 2024

Proverbs 29:18 is one of the Bible's most misunderstood and misused verses. I have experienced it used by some church and ministry leaders to lead people astray, down a path they should not go on and no one should follow.

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As One......

August 14, 2024

The church that Diane and I attend in Galax believes that the people in the church should be as one person. This sounds simplistic, but it should be.

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SPAM!

July 31, 2024

I am the only volunteer Community Help Forum Moderator for Squarespace. We have been inundated with spam, hundreds of posts every day, posted by tens of bot spammers.

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Windows 10-End of Life, October 2025.

June 6, 2024

I decided it might be good for folks to know what to do now that Microsoft has officially announced the date they will kill off Windows 10. When that date comes you have two, make those three choices.

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Mabry Mill

February 6, 2024

The Mabry Mill stands as a monument to the enduring spirit of the mountain people.

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Our Wonderful Seth Thomas Clock circa 1920 or so, sittting on our hallway table.

The Story Of The Clock.

November 4, 2023

Diane and I recently bought a house in Galax and are making it our own.

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Reap What You Sew

September 30, 2023

The sun is shining, the air is clean and crisp. I started out my day with a cup of freshly ground coffee, that Diane made for me.

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Self-Righteous

September 24, 2023

When I was a boy, my father told me many things. One was that only what you do for God will last.

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Worms!

September 21, 2023

I have a large leaning pot that sits on my motorhome lot. It contains two Calibracho Cappuccino plants that I planted in that pot back in the spring. I have taken very good care of those two little plants, or so I thought. I watered them and fed them Miracle Grow and they took off and grew like mad.

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A Red Letter Day

August 2, 2023

I am 70 years old today. How about that? I ask myself. I guess I am doing okay for a much older guy than I used to be.

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Dealing With Things

June 28, 2023

It’s a bit strange sometimes how the words I read in the Bible on a particular date seem to go right along with what's happening to me at the time. Today is one of those days.

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Creation!

June 21, 2023

Creation is a wonderful thing, The heavens and the earth display the glory of God.

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That Day!

June 15, 2023

Bearing one another's burdens. We need to do that, it is essential to life and love, to help each other until That Day Comes.

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Major Sullivan Ballou

Farewell

June 11, 2023

The last letter from Major Sullivan Ballou, written to his wife before the first battle of Bull Run. 

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It Doesn't Add Up

June 9, 2023

Sometimes the arithmetic of life does not add up.

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Acting On Your Own?

June 4, 2023

There is a very important question in the four words in the title of this post. Let me make those words a bit more personal. Are YOU acting on your own?

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A Silly Question

May 10, 2023

The children of Isreal, who had experienced God’s delivering power, while in the desert, asked God silly questions.

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The Crack with Sea Eagle friends.

The Rivers We Paddle On. Part 2.

April 6, 2023

We now have made nearly 100 trips on a river somewhere in our Sea Eagle, (and it has certainly paid for itself). We are looking forward to our next trip. It will be on the Silver River.

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