Shoelaces aren’t quite as common now days with the advent of Velcro and other types of shoe fasteners but once upon a time most shoes had laces. There were the long raw-hide type for boots, long cotton ones for sneakers, nice round black ones for dress shoes, etc. I...
Psalm 139:13 For you created my innermost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.Sometimes the winter days seem long and boring, and last January I was looking for something interesting to do. I thought a jigsaw puzzle was the answer. I could set up a card...
We had been drenched by inclement and merciless weather from the moment we had arrived in Southern British Columbia. Soaked to the bone with our clothes on strike, we had turned into human rain gauges. There was certainly no danger of us becoming dehydrated! What a...
There is no time to be bored in Old Fort Langley. This is your chance to return to the 1830s and experience life as it was in pioneer Langley, British Columbia, Canada.My youngest son and I were especially intrigued by the blacksmith. As he patiently created one of...
"For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." (Rom 1:20 NIV)I am staring right now at a bumper sticker. Word for...
Have you ever been shy, scared or insecure? All these emotions used to keep me at the back of the line in gym class. At fourteen, my heart anguished. Not because of my broken English, or the fact I still carried the horror of showing up for gym class in women's long...
Like fog in the morning, the spirit of Christmas had vanished. Still, I shuffled in the garage. One by one, I retrieved the bins I’d stored the previous Christmas. While the aroma of sugar cookies wafted through the air and “Silent Night” played in the background, I...