Sunday Sing
Great hymn. We sang it so often at our church when I was a kid that I still remember the page number in our old Baptist Hymnal. "Turn in your hymnals to page 353." Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Monday, February 1, 2016
Do You Sew?
My mother always looked beautiful to me, so I'm not sure she followed the advice from the Singer Sewing Machine Manual from 1949, or not. Whether or not she did, she would have loved this page: The friend who sent this to me is still laughing. But, I have trouble laughing because I can still see... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, January 16, 2016
The Day Son Bought A Carabao - The End
Laughing seemed to be a big part of this trip of Son's to visit Evelyn's family in the jungle of Luzon Island, The Philippines. She was doing it again, laughing at his bewilderment of what her life had always been. Being a good natured fellow, he did not take offense at her laughter, but instead was... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, January 15, 2016
The Day Son Bought A Carabao - Part The Fifth
The broiling sun was drooping well past the meridian as she led him past the p iña plants and the bamboo garden toward a rocky area in the distance, where water ran and shallow puddles collected. Son could see a water buffalo (a carabao as they called them) standing in the water. He assumed they... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, January 14, 2016
The Day Son Bought A Carabao - Part The Fourth
When they finally walked out into a large clearing, Son was astounded. He had never seen anything quite like it. For hours he had been bombarded by the chatter of the innumerable monkeys swinging about in the treetops overhead and the screeching and cawing of tropical birds. In comparison, the... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
The Day Son Bought A Carabao - Part The Third
Carabao of The Philippines picture from Wikipedia Son did his homework before his journey into the jungle with Evelyn. He wanted desperately to help her (short of marriage) out of the life of prostitution in which she seemed to be trapped. He found that carabao for sale were few and far between and... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
The Day Son Bought A Carabao - Part the Second
Evelyn and Mark became fast friends even though he made it clear to her that he was not interested in marriage as her father was hoping. He was honest with her about his "having a girl in every port"--one in Hong Kong, one in South Korea, one in Thailand... He told her how he had joined the Navy on... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, January 11, 2016
The Day Son Bought A Carabao
They say things are different now--thirty years later. The first time the USS Blue Ridge, LCC-19, pulled into Subic Bay, The Philippines, with Son #1 aboard, he was not quite sure what to expect. One could tell he was a bit nervous only by the chewing of his fingernails when he was not standing at... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, December 31, 2015
2016
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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
The Orange Fight
I'll never forget the battle of the oranges. It wasn't little boys my age (5 at the time) fighting over oranges, it was grown men, the pastor and deacons in fact, in a moment of childish behavior, on an evening of worship and celebration gone wrong....that ended right. Other than at Christmastime... Sign in to see full entry.