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Words. They come in all shapes and sizes. Together they create an adventure, evoke an emotion, draw out a tear, or share a memory. Words are like puzzle pieces in a box until they are joined to create an image of life. Words can change history. Sentences can move people. Paragraphs can form the basis…

This will be the sixteenth Father’s Day without my father.  It seems each year different emotions arise with different memories about him. Last week thoughts about boats and airplanes flooded back into my mind as I volunteered to help with maintenance at the St. Helena Island lighthouse in northern Lake Michigan. I was riding in…

It all started when we bought some new shelving for our basement. I looked at all the empty boxes and packing material and thought it would be great to save it for our granddaughter’s visit over the summer. So I stored all the boxes and packing material in our garage until her arrival. The look…

In 2010 I decided to start a blog about faith. After I wrote my first post I was hesitant to click the publish button, but I did and thus began my blogging journey. Now, sixteen years and more than one thousand posts later, I have been recognized for that work. Last week at the Blue…

You never know when inspiration will strike. The idea for my next book began more than fifty years ago in the cab of a combine. As a kid growing up on my parents’ farm, sometimes I would climb into the cab of our Allis Chalmers Gleaner combine and pretend that I was flying a space…