Have you ever noticed how our pets don’t really care what people think about them? Or how they forgive you for leaving them alone for hours at a time? Or how they love you even on your worst of days? Couldn’t this to be a tiny glimpse of how our Father in heaven is demonstratingContinue reading “A Four Legged Form of Love”
Category Archives: A Practical Approach to Experiencing Joy
Searching for the Light
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!” Matthew 6:22-23 A couple of weeksContinue reading “Searching for the Light”
Peaceful Places
On this cold winter day with spring just around the corner, I find peace when looking out upon the vast blue sea. Or walking on the beach and finding these dancing star fish. And then there are the sunsets over the water that cause me to pause and reflect on God’s awesome nature. “Do notContinue reading “Peaceful Places”
Our Furry Friends
Have you ever considered why God gives us animals to live among us? This is Vern, our French Bulldog. Vern doesn’t speak, but it isn’t difficult to know what he likes and what he would rather avoid. He loves the heat that radiates out of the fireplace. When he hears the word “walk”, he jumpsContinue reading “Our Furry Friends”
In the Beginning
In the beginning, life appeared good. I mean just look at this picture! I’m sure you are assuming I had to be the center of my parents’ world. But that wasn’t exactly true. When I was born, I didn’t realize I was part of a group of five, with just three and a half yearsContinue reading “In the Beginning”
Getting to Know Me
It only makes sense to start this blog with a picture of me doing something I absolutely love: cruising! In the last ten years, my husband of forty-six years and I began going out on the deep blue seas exploring the world. We typically cruise three or four times a year, and during these trips,Continue reading “Getting to Know Me”
James Buchanan’s Dream
Takes a different direction Last week, I visited the Rubenstein Library and stumbled upon a fascinating exhibit about the founding of Duke University. One of the highlights was an architect’s rendering of what they envisioned the university would look like. If you look near the bottom of the sketch, you’ll notice a lake that JamesContinue reading “James Buchanan’s Dream”
Durham, in the Present
The other night, my husband and I attended an event given by Preservation Durham. I was extremely impressed by the number of young people who came out. This organization has been in existence since 1974 and they were celebrating their fiftieth anniversary. Fifty years ago I was a junior at the old Hillside High School,Continue reading “Durham, in the Present”
Life as a Writer
You may have been wondering why I haven’t blogged in a while. It’s not because I haven’t been writing. On the contrary, I’ve been writing a lot. But instead of focusing on Richard Harvey Wright, I’ve been researching the life of Brodie Leonidas Duke. You see, after I finished writing A Story of Durham: ToldContinue reading “Life as a Writer”
History Through Letters
1893 was a very interesting time in the history of Durham. William T. Blackwell, the man known as the father of Durham was struggling. He had sold his shares in the William T. Blackwell Company a decade ago, opened up a bank that failed, and now has fallen on desperate times. You can see thisContinue reading “History Through Letters”