November 2021

Janet and I have three grandsons and one granddaughter. Buying Christmas presents for our grandsons is easy—if it moves and can be made to crash into something, it will be popular.  Take, for example, the garage / track / dinosaur

I was walking in our neighborhood one morning recently when I came across this trailer parked at the curb and filled with what seems to be landscaping soil. Now, I know next to nothing about horticulture. I can’t tell a

This morning’s lunar eclipse began at 12:02 a.m. and ended at 6:03 a.m. Dallas time. It was the longest such event since 1440, as I noted in my Daily Article today. However, I missed this historic event for the simple

When I asked the Lord for a blog topic today, my attention was immediately drawn to my sandals. I often wear them around the house. They do everything they are designed to do. When they wear out, I will replace

I have begun drinking my morning tea at the office from this mug I recently received from a university where I serve as a trustee. It is bigger than my other mug and thus holds more tea, which is a

I packed my car last Saturday morning with Christmas ornaments and paraphernalia we are no longer using. I checked online with a local benevolence organization to be sure they took such donations, learning that they did and that they opened

I was working out on a hotel treadmill early this morning with little to see except the pool outside the front window. I noticed on an adjacent wall a sign that is always ubiquitous in such settings: “WARNING: NO LIFEGUARD