This was part of the village at the Farms. The main attraction were three farms representing different eras of America’s past. It was a neat place to visit. Continue reading Living History Farms, Des Moines–Sept 2010
This like the other posts in the category is from the book entitled “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff… and it’s all small stuff” by Richard Carlson. It has many items that are particularly useful to us seniors. Our retirement years should be sweat free so to speak. Making peace with imperfection is something that I don’t have much of a problem with but I know … Continue reading No 2. Make Peace with Imperfection
Although I don’t focus very much on the Old Testament I have always been troubled about how it seems to condone slavery. There is an interesting article in USA Today about this topic. See it at In Civil War, the Bible became a weapon – USATODAY.com. Here is a little bit of it. God said so In the 1860s, Southern preachers defending slavery also took … Continue reading When the Bible becomes a weapon….
The concept of the Trinity was something that was invented many years after Christ’s ascension. It did not originate from Jesus but was invented more than one hundred years after is resurrection. It has, however, become a bedrock item in much of the Christian church. But it seems many church denominations have now replaced the Holy Spirit with the Bible. From my studies on this substitution … Continue reading The Father, The Son, and the Holy Bible
I started getting the National Geographic magazine again. I used to look at them regularly when I was in grade school and high school many years ago but haven’t noticed them much since then. Many joke that older people like myself get NG because of the larger print. Personally speaking there is probably some truth to that. But it does have a lot of … Continue reading U.S. vs. the World
One of the most depressing things to me is that some seniors seem to spend their lives just waiting to die. They have no ambitions or goals for their senior years. They spend their days do little or nothing. In other words they are very passive seniors; they say they gain their joy from inactivity but is that really true or just a cop out … Continue reading Waiting to Die….
It seems that some Christians think that this world is simply a waiting area for the next one in heaven. They take on the mantel of we are all just poor miserable sinners who are capable of nothing good. So the only thing to do is to wait passively to get into heaven which is their “true” home. This philosophy is primarily accounted for by … Continue reading Waiting to Die….
As I have mentioned in the recent past I have disassociated myself with the Christian church that I was part of for over nine years. I have always tried to not mention what my religious affiliations were on this blog but now that they are severed I will say it was with a LCMS Lutheran church. The pastor of the church was a regular viewer of this … Continue reading Intrepreting the Bible….
I must admit that I am a Internet junkie. I pay most of my bills on-line. I get most of my news on-line. I purchase a lot of goods and services on-line. I follow friends on Facebook I get and receive many emails daily As a result of all this activity I have a lot of logins and passwords strewn across the Internet. I … Continue reading About Passwords and the Internet….
This is just too sad to take lightheartedly. There is a global food crisis in much of the third world. Part of that is due to us using so much corn for ethanol. We have so much in the country and so much of the world is starving. Something is wrong with that! Continue reading Global Food Crisis…..
Here is a converted barn in Door County Wisconsin near my favorite winery. I must admit that I am hooked on cherry wine from there. Continue reading Door County Wisconsin – September 2006
It is a rainy day here in Indiana but considering that it is not snow it doesn’t get me down. And the fact that between July and September of last year we had less than an inch of rain total, I welcome a rainy day now and then. The picture above is one of my favorite ones of my hubby. It was taken about 25 … Continue reading Rainy days don’t always get me down….
I have often said that I am a follower of Jesus Christ. He is indeed my Lord and Savior. But, is there a difference between being a follower of Christ and being a Christian? Up until recently I had not tried to discern any difference in those two state. But now I am coming to understand that they can be two quite different things. Being … Continue reading A Follower of Jesus Christ….
I just changed the word “Satirical” to “Lighthearted” for this blog title. It seems that the word “Satirical” has come to mean something quite different than in Will Rogers’ day. Looking at what Wikipedia says http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire some might get the wrong opinion of what I am trying to do here. According to Wiki there is now a definite dark side to satire that is more predominant … Continue reading What is Satire?
I seem to be on a Pickles streak here but it is nice to see something focused on us seniors. Almost everything else is for the 18 – 35 crowd. 🙂 Over 85% of the people in the U.S. claim to be religious. But just what are they religious about? That is the question. Continue reading About being Religious
Here is a well used Indiana barn. Continue reading Indiana–June 2009
This is my favorite view of our homestead. I call it “up on the mountain” as it is the highest point on our property. This is where my outdoor glider resides and is where I do most of my spring/summer/ fall reading and the corresponding naps. 🙂 I ache to get back to my mountain home. Given the warm weather lately, hopefully it will be … Continue reading Anxiously awaiting…
(Here is a post from the past and on another of my blogs. Find the original here http://waiting4god.net/2010/10/04/10410/ ) I heard an interesting sermon this Sunday. It was about waiting for God. As you know this is a topic dear to my heart. Some examples given in the sermon were all the prayers to stop the BP oil leak and the many amber alerts that … Continue reading Waiting For God…
There has been a lot of press lately about how Facebook was used during the Egyptian protests lately. Showing its affect on democratic reform definitely put a positive spin on this social network. But then I go to my Facebook homepage and I see something entirely different. There are no great social causes being espoused there. Of the 50 or so “friends” I have there … Continue reading The Thing about Facebook…
I have had many interesting meals and cherished friendships at the GD Grill. I also got “popped” there one year for my birthday thanks to my friend Dave R. I haven’t been there in 15 years. We will have to plan another visit there sometime in the future. Continue reading Guadalajara Grill–October 1994
This is where our democracy started. It is a very spiritual type place. This was my second visit there. Continue reading Independence Hall Philadelphia–April 1994
Some probably think that the phrase “More with Less” is a recent invention but I was brutally hit with it in the 1990s. As my team around me was constantly shrinking the workload was constantly increasing. The above term was almost nauseous to me during that time. I wish I could have come up with some of the things in the Dilbert cartoon at the … Continue reading More with Less
We came across this barn while visiting a Tractor show with our good friends the Hoffmans. Continue reading Elmora Indiana – June 2008
I just came across this comic strip a few weeks ago. It is not one of my favorites but it does from time to time give me some ideas. Better done well or not at all has been around for a while now but i never thought of applying it to me senior years and especially as far as my hubby is concerned. So … Continue reading I didn’t know I had a choice…
Here is an excerpt from a book entitled “If the Church were Christian” by Philip Gulley. Several years ago I visited a museum and saw the skeleton of a dinosaur. As I read the plaque, I learned only a handful of the bones were original, that the remainder had been fabricated based on a paleontologist’s extrapolation from the authentic bones. In many ways, this is … Continue reading Is the Church Christian?
I just watched a episode on FrontLine (on PBS) about multitasking. Kids today insist that they can do many things at the same time and almost all of them involve some form of electronics. The FrontLine episode basically said the kids think they multitasking very well when in reality they don’t do any of the things well at all. The brain is just not meant … Continue reading Multitasking??
Let’s pick on the TV folks for a few posts. I have always enjoyed seeing the new HGTV Dream House each year. But this year seemed to be different than the past. I watched about five minutes of this years show and found myself a little dizzy and still wondering what the house looked like. It seemed that every time I saw a picture … Continue reading HGTV Dream House 2011 Intervention…..
This is one of my favorite barns. It is located in the Living History Museum outside of Des Moines Iowa. Yeah, that me going it. Continue reading Des Moines IA–June 2010
Here is a simple picture taken a few weeks ago during one of our many recent snow storms. It is simple yet elegant in its composure. Continue reading Hanging on… (Homestead January 2011)
I am having trouble with my project of comparing what Jesus said to what Paul said. There are several reasons for this difficulty. They, for the most part, didn’t appear to address very many of the same issues. There is so much baggage associated with this topic it is hard to not be prejudged by it all It seems I must extrapolate the two men’s … Continue reading Jesus and Paul Comparisons – Harder than it looks..
One piece of trivia stuck in my head for a good number of years is the one I used as the title of this post. It was coined by an English guy in the mid-1880s. It is good to see that it still applies today. Pens tend to be sharp instruments both literally and figuratively but they are not as deadly as our ever-loving weapons … Continue reading The pen is mightier than the sword.
There is one book about retirement that I keep handy and look at almost every week. It is entitled 101 Secrets for a GREAT RETIREMENT by Mary Helen and Shuford Smith. One of the dog eared pages is on number one hundred – Become wise. One of the things old people are supposed to be is wise but to tell you the truth I have … Continue reading Become Wise…
I am going to admit up front that I am going to pull a “sneaky” here. That is I am going to use some data in a way the author never intended. I can just hear you say “I am so surprised, that has never been done before!” Okay, okay you are not really doing that. More likely you are not terribly surprised as this … Continue reading The Risk of Growing Entitlement Spending (or not)…
Yvonne and I have been here several times so we have many pictures of Pleasant Hill. It is one of our favorite historic villages. Continue reading Pleasant Hill KY – October 2002
I spent today housebound recuperating from my recent rib fracture so I had a lot of time on my hands. Much of it has been spent sprucing up my various blogs. This one got a new header and captions. During my hours at my computer today I glanced at the penny on my desk. I don’t know why it is there but it got me to thinking … Continue reading E pluribus unum
We were one of the unfortunate States to be hit with the recent ice storm. Even four days after the event everything is still coated! To make matters worse I fell and fractured some ribs so I will be laid up for quite some time. Continue reading Ice Storm…..
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