Monthly Archives: September 2018

Tyrants all our politicians be They care no whit for me and thee Re-election remains their lone concern They try all tricks our vote to earn With fingers up they

I was in a tender mood to write a word of encouragement so I decided to write a sonnet.  Bad mistake.   Sonnet writing poses great difficulties. If the “poet” is

The tragedy wrought by Hurricane Florence reminded me of the hit movie Cast Away. May the Cast Away message bring encouragement to those who have suffered a series of unfortunate events. 

With Hurricane Florence bearing down on Wilmington, NC, home to our son and his family, they fled to our home in Blacksburg, VA.  Safe and dry, we discussed the goods

The race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned;

When I began public speaking I asked a pro whether it was necessary to use humor. “Only if you want to get paid,” he said.  So I began studying humor.

A joyful heart is good like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.  Proverbs 17:22  Since the publication of An Anatomy of an Illness by Norman Cousins in 1979,