I love to fly!  That is my preferred way to travel.  In December, we flew from Detroit to Austin, Texas – 1165 miles as the crow flies.  If we had driven, it would have taken over 20 hours and would have added nearly 300 miles.  As it was, our flight lasted about three hours. Taking… Read More »

For those of you who enjoy jigsaw puzzles, you might like to know the history behind their development.  All the credit goes to Londoner John Spilsbury in 1767.  He was an engraver and cartographer who wanted children to learn geography in a fun way.  Taking a world map, he mounted it to a piece of… Read More »

Who doesn’t love Oreos, right?  According to the Oreo website (yes, they have their own website), the “OREO Double Stuf Chocolate Sandwich Cookies have been America’s favorite cookie for over 100 years. Stuffed with twice as much delicious OREO creme, these chocolate sandwich cookies are supremely dunkable. Double Stuf OREO cookies are great for sharing… Read More »

Sometimes, I catch myself wondering about weird things, things that most people couldn’t care less about.  The thought that captured my thoughts recently was all about paper.  I go through plenty of it in the course of a year and always purchase the exact same thing:  8.5 x 11.  That’s the standard, right? But why… Read More »

If you sit down with the family to watch a movie, it’s hard to imagine how long it took for that movie to be made.  Without commercials, the movie lasts about an hour and a half.  “But given all of the phases of production, an average Hollywood studio movie from beginning of development to the… Read More »

What would you like to do for your 95th birthday?  My quick response is, Breathe!  Only the Lord knows the number of our days but since longevity isn’t a part of my family DNA, I’m really not expecting to see 95.  However, if I do, I’ll guarantee you that I would not have any desire… Read More »

This is National Compliment Day, started in 1998 by Kathy Chamberlin and Debby Hoffyman of Hopkinton, NH.  Abraham Lincoln said, “Everybody likes a compliment.”  He was certainly right. A compliment is a sincere, genuine expression that connects you to another person, brightens their day, and encourages them in their efforts.  According to eventstuff.com, compliments make… Read More »

“How can something so beautiful cause so much destruction?”  This question was asked in awe by FOX News commentator Lawrence B. Jones III on December 19, 2023.  The event causing his reaction was the eruption of a volcano nearly two miles north of Grindavik, a fishing village with less than 4,000 people and part of… Read More »

Proclamation 5147—National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 1984 – By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The values and freedoms we cherish as Americans rest on our fundamental commitment to the sanctity of human life. The first of the “unalienable rights” affirmed by our Declaration of Independence is the right to… Read More »

BEWARE!  You are getting ready to go to church and someone has read this devotional BEFORE going out the door.  This is a day officially recognized by the United States Copyright Office, although it is not a public holiday.  It was created by Methodist pastor Kevin Zaborney of Clio, Michigan in 1986.  It is included… Read More »