May 30, 2016 - In case you are wondering, the odds of your getting struck by lightning are about one in 280,000,000. The odds of getting struck by lightning seven times are, well, almost un-measurable. However, try telling that to Roy C.
May 15, 2016 - Have you ever been caught in a “catch-22” situation? I think most all of us have at one time or another. Just what is meant by this phrase, and from whence did it come?
May 2, 2016 - This story will take you back to the year 1976. Some of you younger readers have probably never heard of this topic, though older readers will perhaps remember “Billy Beer.”
April 15, 2016 - I think that most people today recognize that people do not attend church nearly as often as back when we were mere children. I can recall that most churches were full of worshippers every Sunday morning and evening. Even Wednesday night prayer meetings were well attended
April 1, 2016 - When one drives around the small town of San Augustine, Texas, one will note many older church buildings scattered all around the area. Some are constructed of wood, some brick, and some even stone.
March 16, 2016 - The lowly button has been around for centuries. In modern clothing and fashion design, a button is a small fastener, now most commonly made of plastic.
March 1, 2016 - When I was very young I heard people say that cats had nine lives. I did not know exactly what that meant but thought it was a lot of nonsense. However, as I have grown older, I have grown wiser. I realize that there is actually a lot more to this saying than at first meets the eye.
February 16, 2016 - As a writer I suppose that it is normal that I love working with words. I love puns and jokes. Perhaps you are not familiar with the word “lexophile”. It means a person who loves words and word plays. They love to put words together that have dual meanings. Some people call them “puns”.