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Creative Connections

J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan, numerous other plays and novels counted Robert Louis Stevenson, George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, and Thomas Hardy as his friends and founded a

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A Letter for One and All

This weekend I discovered a letter written May 16, 1962 by my great-grandmother, Florence Weaver, when she was 97-years-old. (She died after living 102 years). Florence had 10 children. I

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A Great Grandfather’s Caveat

Two days ago I posted a letter that I wrote for my daughter, Wende, to her great grandfather when she was a one-year-old. (I found a copy in a 47-year-old

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A Baby’s Lament

Going through some old files, I discovered the following letter written by our daughter, Wende, to her great grandfather on her first birthday, April 13, 1971. (She was a precocious

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Dont’ Try to Be perfeck

we cant expect to be happpy all the time. Life is not perfect People let us down becaus people aren’t perfect. If you look real hard and find someone who does’

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The Wisdom Book

I have been reading the Book of Job and marveling at the wisdom and the beautiful literature found there: The poetry, the cadence, the rhythm, the use of metaphor, simile and

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Growing Young

Here are some suggestions for making the years from 65 to 105 the best years of our lives and for anyone younger who wants to live abundantly:  Love the LORD

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For Seniors Only

Here are some suggestions for making the years from 65 to 105 the best years of our lives:  Love the LORD your God with all your heart, mind and soul

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Taproots

Following three days of torrential rains, a friend of mine walked down a wooded Appalachian trail. Along the way tree after tree had fallen.  The shallow roots seemed to interconnect with

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