The Bible has a lot to say on the subject of water wells. So do I, and right now, some of it isn’t very nice. As I write, we’re trying to have a well dug on some property we bought. We’ve had kazillions of things to consider as we’ve embarked on this crazy,… Continue reading Where’s the Water?
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Every Job is Important
Ah yes, indeed, spring has sprung. We’ve cranked our clocks forward, things are blooming, and our income taxes are nearly due, which means that people dressed in Uncle Sam and Statue of Liberty costumes can be found standing along busy roadways hoping to entice us to let their coworkers prepare our tax forms. … Continue reading Every Job is Important
Only One True Champion
Okay, I’ve held out long enough. Will somebody finally please just let me gloat a little about my Auburn Tigers and their amazing national championship football season? C’mon—I’ve earned it. I was an Auburn fan before being an Auburn fan was cool. I know I’m not going to feel any love for this from… Continue reading Only One True Champion
Learning to “Never say Never”
It’s about time I learned to “never say never.” I used to be a sports snob. My definition of a “real sport” was pretty narrow and didn’t include what I considered “wimpy” sports like golf. I taught tennis at courts surrounded by a golf course and I scoffed when caravans of beer-guzzling geezers… Continue reading Learning to “Never say Never”
A Valentine Rant
Another Valentine’s Day has come and gone…and I bet I’m not the only one who’s kind of glad it’s over. I think I’m becoming a certifiable Valentine scrooge. Not because I don’t love people. I do, and some of them even love me back, amazingly enough. And I’m not jaded by heartbreaking memories of past… Continue reading A Valentine Rant
No More Grungy Snow
Go ahead, Mother Nature, make a liar out of me. I recently boasted in this column about the superiority of Southern snowfalls. My exact words were: “Snowfalls here are perfect—beautiful, fun and gone before they get grungy.” Our January mini-blizzard was definitely beautiful…for a little while. And fun…for a little while. But the… Continue reading No More Grungy Snow
Technology Can’t Replace Holy Spirit
The newspaper headline caught my eye–“U.S. turns to technology to help control impulses”—because it seemed pretty ironic to me. Technology never seems to help me control any impulses. In fact, high-tech gadgets tend to stir up, not squash, all sorts of unpleasant impulses in me … like the impulse to pummel my malfunctioning… Continue reading Technology Can’t Replace Holy Spirit
Take Time to Quiet Down
Can anybody out there say, “Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr”? It’s been crazy cold lately. Like Yankee, freeze-your-nostrils-shut cold. It has me wondering if maybe, just maybe, a white Christmas might not be totally out of the question around here. Wow – wouldn’t that be something? Convenience stores packed with frantic, last-minute holiday shoppers AND… Continue reading Take Time to Quiet Down
Let God Do the Whacking
In that column, I related a true story about a Georgia couple who discovered that a neighbor’s buffalo had fallen into their swimming pool. Seriously. I said that life is like that sometimes. Everything is good and then suddenly we find a big buffalo in our pool. I shared how I recently discovered… Continue reading Let God Do the Whacking
Ever Had a Buffalo in Your Pool?
There you are, just doing life, when one day you look outside and notice two large holes in your swimming pool cover. A closer look reveals that something is MOVING under there. You mentally round up the usual suspects: a possum? squirrel? raccoon? You lift the cover and YIKES! – it’s a… Continue reading Ever Had a Buffalo in Your Pool?