The Panama Canal – Is America Still Dreaming “The plan was wildly ambitious. But Roosevelt had backed it, and Stevens was confident it could be done. ‘There is no element of mystery involved in it,’ Stevens reported to Washington, ‘the problem is one of magnitude, not miracles.’” Recently, I watched “Panama Canal”, on...
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I Have a New Desk There is something rather marvelous about sitting down to work at the perfect desk. Yesterday, I went into Susan and Andy’s house, which I still call Phil’s. I looked about, and went into the Florida room, where I spotted our old desks. I think we bought them in Maine,...
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My Own Miracle Last night, around 1:30, after having made several trips to the front porch, I boldly announced that the eclipse was beginning. The troops rallied! Kate got out of bed, put on her down vest, as it was in the fifties, and made her way outside. Merry, our little dog, had to...
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A Needless Loss “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” 1 Timothy 6:10 My cell phone rings. It is nine o’clock in the morning, and those who know me well, do...
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Who is Worthy of Mercy? “And the LORD said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”...
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Headlines and History The first bulletin board, which I created for my high school history students, was covered in dark red paper, and outlined with a black and white check boarder. Dispersed throughout the board, I tacked up various front pages, from newspapers which I had been collecting for years. My desire, besides attempting...
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And Counting I have removed “Bienvenidos, Mi Casa Es Su Casa” for the season, replacing it with a tin pumpkin, which says welcome; still hanging is the welcome to the garden porcelain sign, which will not come down until the Merry Christmas takes its place on the arbor. Missing, are the campaign placards which...
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The Cost of Destiny “If your faith does not lead to a drastic change in your behavior it will not change your destiny.” ~ Charles Haddon Spurgeon ~ In my forever hope of perfect order, I have been going through hand written observations and annotations in spiral notebooks, on post-its, and...
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Ground Zero Mosque “With all of the above taken into account, the original three-year timetable for getting the mosque open that was first publicized in May seems quite conservative at best. At that point, construction was expected to begin on Sept. 11, 2011 (the 10-year anniversary of the terror attacks on the Twin Towers).” ...
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Sadly Seeing to Believe “Then Jesus told him, ‘Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.’” John 20:29 (NIV) It seems like a lifetime away now, but I will never forget having crossed the Adriatic from Brindisi, Italy to arrive in Greece, before...
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