Nineteen kiddos aren’t being jostled out of bed this morning. They aren’t rubbing their eyes, complaining for just a few more minutes of sleep. They aren’t grumbling as they stumble into the bathroom. Nineteen kiddos aren’t getting dressed this morning. They aren’t leaving their pajamas in the middle of the bedroom floor for someone else …
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A Call For Support
There are milestones in life that we automatically designate as “joyful,” but sometimes those things don’t turn out as expected. We’ve certainly learned that over the past year and a half as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted weddings, reunions, graduations, and so many more big events that were supposed to be happy times. I recently learned …
Some Wonderful People Need Your Help
If you only read one thing I write on my blog, please make it this one. I’m pulling the curtain way back today, and I’m asking each of you to help out some folks in a time of great need. For the past six months or so, I’ve been working at Franklin Homestead & Carriage …
Next Memorial Day
As time goes by, I like to use Thanksgiving as a day to take stock of how my life has changed over the previous year. And I’ll do that again when Nov. 26, 2020, arrives. But as I watch how Americans are handling Memorial Day weekend in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, I expect …
Bleeding In the Heart of Town
Town halls are the heart of their communities. Even in the most old-fashioned, Mayberry-type regions, these buildings always reflect the zeitgeist in some way. Sure, the walls might be covered in photos of times long since passed or memorials to local soldiers who fought in wars only remembered now in history books. But the same …