The Library of Sham

  Books at our House. August, 2011. Judging by Covers Once, many years ago, I visited a new friend. As she left me in her living room while she prepared coffee, I browsed her bookshelf. Picking up a old-looking copy of War and Peace, I opened the book. Inside the dust jacket was a cookbook! […]


My Stowaway Heart

The Party Wagon. Mission Bay, San Diego. July 30, 2011.   Parachuting to Praise Yesterday my daughter Elaine, her husband Rob, and two our our grandchildren, Cadence and Sawyer, boarded a jet and flew off to begin their new life in Hawaii. With the luxury of foreknowledge, we’ve enjoyed extra time together over these past […]


>Urgent Request: We Interrupt this Blog

> A Beautiful Church. Tiva, Tahaa, French Polynesia. January, 2004. Please Pray With Me Last week my third-millennium friend Charity shared her worry that her cancer has returned.  Yesterday, she reported that cancer once again has invaded her body. Will you please do this with me? Close your eyes, bow your head, drop to your […]


Urgent Request: We Interrupt this Blog

A Beautiful Church. Tiva, Tahaa, French Polynesia. January, 2004. Please Pray With Me Last week my third-millennium friend Charity shared her worry that her cancer has returned.  Yesterday, she reported that cancer once again has invaded her body. Will you please do this with me? Close your eyes, bow your head, drop to your knees, […]


Urgent Request: We Interrupt this Blog

A Beautiful Church. Tiva, Tahaa, French Polynesia. January, 2004. Please Pray With Me Last week my third-millennium friend Charity shared her worry that her cancer has returned.  Yesterday, she reported that cancer once again has invaded her body. Will you please do this with me? Close your eyes, bow your head, drop to your knees, […]