This past week I read one of those books which you can’t stop reading after starting. The intriguing story pulls you in. This book, Dancing from Darkness, a Memoir by Eleanor Isaacson, won a Best Memoir of the Year from AWSA, Advanced Writers and Speakers Association. The intrigue begins as Read more…
I made a raised garden bed last week. I was so delighted with it and it was so easy I want to share it with you. To make the three foot square raised bed pictured you need four pieces of 2 X 6 lumber, each cut three feet long. Read more…
I like history, although I don’t remember liking it when I was in school. But since then my interest has been stimulated lots of times as I wonder what people did at the beginning of written history, or 2000 years ago at the time of Christ, or just 300 years Read more…
Last week a family member joined a convent, a division of the Dominican sisters. It is difficult for those of us raised in American protestant homes to understand why a beautiful young woman would make a choice like this. I was with the family last weekend as we experienced her Read more…
I want to show you some easy ways to learn to recognize some of the major constellations. The stars move throughout the night, appearing in different locations (or out of sight) at different times throughout the night. Near the north pole, the constellations appear to be making a circle around Read more…
One Sunday in August, 2015, I heard from our pastor some history on the burial garment of Jesus Christ which amazed me and started me on a journey, researching if it could possibly be true. The question I wanted an answer to was this: Is the Shroud of Turin the Read more…