My grandmother bought this pressure canner used from an extended family member at least fifty years ago. It's probably more like sixty. I can't imagine how many jars of vegetables it's processed over … [Read more...]
How to Lead (or Not) a Summer Bible Study
I'm leading a Bible study at my house for the summer. I wanted to be the hostess and just offer my house, but it's morphed into something that looks quite different than what I had envisioned. Isn't … [Read more...]
Move That Book?
Here's what happened last night. Yep. That's Ty Pennington of Home Extreme Makeover Edition. Back in the day, my family watched it every week. We loved the story about the families and seeing the … [Read more...]
Speaking Fees…Yes or No?
An interesting question popped up from the post I wrote after no one attended one of my library events. Someone commented that people might have shown up if I had charged a speaking fee. I … [Read more...]
How to Give a Library Program
So this is what happened last night. No one, zero, not one person showed up to my “Meet the Author” event at a library one and a half hours from my house. The librarian who pursued me to participate … [Read more...]
Taking a Year Off
This year I’m studying People of the Promised Land I with Bible Study Fellowship. It’s the beginning part of what used to be the Israel and the Minor Prophet study. We’ve been studying David’s life … [Read more...]
To Run or Not To Run (Update)
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the 5K I planned to run in. Guess what? I ran and finished pretty well---THIRD PLACE in my age group!!!! I think it's pretty … [Read more...]
A Daughter-in-Law’s Tribute
The Dougherty family lost our leader yesterday. After 88 years, Ed Dougherty's heart finally just quit beating while he was sleeping. What a gentle way to leave this world. Doc was special to me from … [Read more...]
To Run or Not to Run
I signed up to run in another 5K, and I've been apologizing to my former self ever since. A few years ago I gave myself the gift of never running in another 5K. I had run in several. Five makes … [Read more...]
Resolutions?
Happy New Year, four days late! I'm trying to catch up from all the celebrations in the last few weeks--Thanksgiving, Ranger School Graduation (!!), Christmas--so here I am writing about resolutions … [Read more...]
