Choir singing is not as popular as it once was except perhaps in black churches. But my wife and I have always tried to bring people together to sing as a…
Category: Who Am I
Posts to help folks get to know me
Increasing organization a little at a time
I have been concerned lately that my desk and my shop seem to be getting more cluttered. I’m not one of those naturally neat people, yet I like things organized. Busyness,…
Using the berries God provides
When we moved here 2 years ago, I soon noticed a group of elderberry bushes in bloom just over a stone wall. It was being attacked by marauding vines and overshadowed by…
Adirondack Vacation 2015
I like sitting by the campfire late at night. JoAnne likes to read, sometimes even sitting in the car to get away from the bugs or the rain. Both of us love…
Finding Joy As You Go
Written June 1, 2015 Looking for unexpected beauty As you know, I like to walk. When I walk, I look for beauty and joy. Today, on vacation, I walked out toward the…
Spring walks are refreshing in many ways.
I love a good walk. It gets the heart pumping and fills the lungs with fresh air. It eases the tensions of to-do lists and day-to-day circumstances. Sometimes I pray aloud on…
2015 Train Fair visit
Sometime during the later years of my service at Kirkville I became an annual visitor at the train show on the NYS Fair Grounds. When I arrived in CT, I was delighted…
Christmas Trains for 2014
How it started One of my hobbies is model trains, specifically, O-gauge trains running around my Christmas tree. Yes we had a Lionel train which we three Jones brothers shared when I…
Sam Visits for Christmas
My Grandson Sam is a hands-on guy. He was not very interested in running the trains, though he did that briefly once or twice. He liked the whistle on the train a…
A New Granddaughter!
[nggallery id = 66] Someone is way overdue for a Grandpa post. I am so much enjoying being a grandparent. And on November 17, 2014, our second grandchild was born, a little girl,…