If you are thinking of a jewel encrusted gold crown, you need to remember that I am just a retired government employee, with a tooth that needed a lot of help. My tooth had been repaired more than once but never looked right. Then the dentist offered to give me a crown! “Give” might not […]

With trouble around the world and new problems appearing every day, it makes me wonder when (or if) things will get better. Trouble has always been a part of life, but there seems to be some method to their madness. It’s like a “master plan” is unfolding right before our eyes. The plan began in

I wake up early on Sunday morning so I can check the news and post my stories on Facebook before the 30-minute drive to Church. I will set an alarm so Susan can get ready before her sisters arrive. They attend her sister’s Church, which is near our home, and will have lunch and do

When the Air Force sent me to Saudi Arabia the first time, I lived on the outskirts of Riyadh in a rather bleak housing compound. Our condominiums were much better than barracks or tents, but there was something missing. The simple concrete buildings had little decoration, were surrounded by gravel and pavement, making them seem

I was driving along the highway and noticed another new subdivision. That’s so common that I paid it little attention, but that sign! I’m sure it cost a small fortune to build the massive nature scene, but what caught my eye was the rusty background! Not rust color, but bare metal that had a thick