b Back in the mid 1970s, Alex Haley, a black man descended from slaves, electrified the United States with his book , ROOTS. Millions of people watched the gripping mini-series showing his detective work in tracing his family back to…
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THE BIBLE
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STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND
Men wear guns in the post office. Men wear guns in the grocery store. Deer graze a few feet outside my bedroom window. One has figured out how to sneak grain from our bird feeder. The Sangres…
ONE DAY AT A TIME
I keep a journal. I know. Nothing out of the ordinary about that. A lot of people celebrate and cherish their lives by documenting their days. In my journal I record anything that is unusual or noteworthy at least to…
‘TWAS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS
This is my amaryllis on the morning after Christmas. (I missed my guess by one day, but to an optimist like me, what’s one day?.) On the evening of the day after Christmas, one of the…
CONSIDERING AMARYLLIS BULBS AND CHARLIE BROWN’S CHRISTMAS TREE
Charlie Brown had his pitiful little Christmas tree. I have my two somewhat lumpy Amaryllis bulbs. At Thanksgiving, I love to start an Amaryllis bulb to have a glorious red flower for Christmas. This year, the bulbs are strong and…
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