In 1968 a flu called the "Asian Flu" was identified and started its tour of the world. In the US one hundred thousand people died as a result of this flu which was said to be less deadly than previous flus due to increased immunity from the flu in general. Today we have the coronavirus....or… Continue reading PANDEMICS AND PANIC →

The world has changed over the past four weeks. It has gone a little crazy and now we have people making little videos poking fun at the toilet paper crisis....showing funny videos of people buying drugs and blackmarket goods with toilet paper or paying outrageous prices for rolls of toilet paper....all very funny and completely… Continue reading SELF QUARANTINE AND STAYING AT HOME →

So here I sit....watching my sister put in a new floor in my bedroom. We shift stuff, stack stuff, clear a space; she lays flooring, then we shift, stack and clear again. It's keeping us busy for the moment. The rest of the world is fussing, fretting and freaking out over the coronavirus and we're… Continue reading STAYING AT HOME AND SOCIAL DISTANCING! →

So here it is...March 16, and we are having winter storms pounding at us. It hailed here yesterday, and there is heavy snow in the mountains. It's been spring since mid February and now it's winter again. Crazy weather. The hail terrified our mostly grown pups and lined the streets in white along the curbs.… Continue reading IS WINTER SLAPPING BACK AT SPRING? →

This morning I was reading in Acts 13 when something jumped out at me. It wasn't something especially spiritual or high minded. It was a statement about women. Phillips translation of the New Testament...Acts 13:50 (<speaking of the rejection of the Gospel by the Jews in Antioch as preached by Paul>) "But the Jews worked… Continue reading FINDING GOD IN EVERYDAY THINGS →