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16 Jun

Radio Announcer’s Inspirations

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In a couple weeks I will be speaking at an “80’s and older group” at the Clinton High School All School Reunion. I have never spoken to a group with the audience clustered in their 80’s and 90’s before. Heck, there may even be a centenarian or two in the crowd! I’m a little concerned because the closest I’ve come to such an experience is singing to people in our local nursing home. I’ve never had much luck cracking a…..

23 May

An Interesting Speech Request

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When one is a teacher and a struggling author opportunities arise where one receives requests to speak to various organizations. Over the years I have given a variety of speeches to a wide variety of audiences. One of my early speech memories occurred when the Junior class of Wheaton High School requested that I speak at their junior/senior prom banquet. I pretended I had kept a diary of my own junior prom experiences and read portions of it to them……

12 May

Let The Light Shine

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I’m not a mechanic. I can’t fix things. If I had had the opportunity to choose my talents before I was born I probably wouldn’t have chosen it anyway. Can you imagine choosing a talent with an ending that sounds like ‘ick’! Not impressive at all. But as my life has progressed there have been many times when I wished I had the talent of a mechanic. I was reminded of that fact this spring as our dining room fluorescent…..

03 May

Don’t Fence Me In!

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I was fencing today. There are two reasons for making a fence. Fences are needed to keep animals out of an area or fences are required to keep animals in an area. Today I was concentrating on keeping animals out of an area. You see it’s nearing pumpkin planting and gardening season so the battle begins between the gardener and the deer population. Deer love to eat anything I plant in the garden. They have a special fondness for pumpkins……

20 Apr

The Old Mailbox Has Been Retired

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It was an emotional time when the decision was made to replace our aging mailbox. You see it came to us in a very special way. I forget how many years but it must have been fifteen or twenty years ago that a speeding snowplow smashed into our original mailbox and hurled it bent and broken into the snow- filled ditch. I saw the wreckage as I was on my way to work one morning and muttered, “Another job for…..

14 Apr

Another Book Is Born

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Writing books for me is kind of like being hooked on caffeine or nicotine. I just can’t quit. Of course I haven’t tried too hard either. I never know when an inspiration for a book will present itself. Several years ago I was at a craft fair selling my latest book “Holiday Adventures for Kids”. I had threatened to name that book “Amen” as I assumed it would be my last book. But as it went through the publishing process…..

03 Apr

Car Shopping For Daughters Can Have Consequences

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I’ve been thinking about cars for the last couple of days. It all started when our granddaughter received her first car from her parents. It was kind of an Easter surprise and Kathie and I were there to witness the exciting time. The car was flashy red in color and very sporty looking. The odometer read only 37,000 miles so it was just getting broken in. Our granddaughter had not seen the car until her parents purchased it, brought it…..

29 Mar

My Athletic Failure Transformed Through My Grandson

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You see it all the time. A parent pushing their child to be successful in some athletic endeavor so that any successes can stoke the parent’s desire for athletic success themselves. As I recall it happened to me a time or two as we were raising our own children. When I was in high school there was not a three point shot in basketball. Now I was not an outstanding basketball player at a towering 5 foot 6 inches and…..

14 Mar

Fuzz Ball Has Been My Winter’s Entertainment

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Cats have been a part of my life on and off for many years. As a kid growing up on a farm the barnyard was full of cats. We all agreed they helped control the mice and having baby kittens growing up around the milking parlor was always entertaining. Kittens were always free spirits, chasing and tackling each other. They would roll around in the fresh oats straw bedding using their back legs to playfully tear their opponent apart as…..

05 Mar

Blizzard Memories

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I’m forced to write this blog. And why is that you ask. Well because there’s nothing else to do. The snow is falling and the wind is blowing, I’ve finished my library book and there’s nothing on the television that strikes my fancy. So as the snow piles up I’m going to spend a little time visiting with you. 🙂 I feel sorry for those ‘snowbirds’ that escape to the southern climates because they are missing a good old fashioned…..

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