300 words a day

This week we went to buy school supplies to go in backpacks to be distributed through the food bank Nancy volunteers with. There was a list: 100 of these things, 14 of that thing, a dozen of that thing. When I looked at the list, the location of all the things made sense. I found […]

Tuesday afternoon, I took a scrap piece of aluminum siding and turned it into a corner cap to replace the one that disappeared when a crew was stabilizing our foundation a couple months back. The corner caps are hard to find and I couldn’t see how to buy just one. I realized that I had […]

Rich Dixon on the value of being helpful without details: +++ A friend asks a worthwhile question. “Can we communicate with the kids at the Home of Hope and get updates? Also, is there any way to follow those who have graduated and moved on? It would be interesting to know what they have done, […]

Dorcas died unexpectedly. Lacking medical options and having heard stories, a couple members of the small faith community went to a nearby town where Peter was staying. They asked him to come to her. He came, he prayed, he told her to get up. And she did. We focus on the healing part, wanting people […]

We’ve lived in our house for more than 29 years. We’ve changed the flooring in the half-bath/laundry room twice. We’ve changed the flooring in the full bath twice. (I did the first time in each space. We hired someone for the second time.) We’ve changed tub surrounds twice, and the tub once. We’re on our […]