Sometimes, when you know what you want for Christmas, you just need to tell people what it is that you want. The main thing I would like for Christmas this year (again) is “world peace.” I empathize with Andie MacDowell’s character Rita in the movie “Groundhog Day.” She always drinks ...

I’ve been thinking about deep water the past month or so — both literally and figuratively. The reason? I went through a time recently where I felt like “I was in over my head.” I’ll explain in a minute or two or five — depending on your reading speed. In thinking about this deep ...

I’ll tell you a little of what’s been happening lately. For one thing, December has happened. My sunny November suddenly turned into a December Eve last Sunday afternoon and bang! — it snowed a little and got cold — really cold. It got cold enough the past few days that the water ...

Lately I’ve wondered if I should consider making a subtitle for the name of this column. What would it be? Most likely it would be something like, “What I Heard in Church.” Of course, in a week preceding the Thanksgiving holiday, it’s highly likely I’m going to hear stuff from ...

Back in the olden days, when I was a kid, we had a few 78 rpm record sets with picture books. (Just by way of explanation for any younger readers, a record is one of those flat round things, usually black, which spun around on a “record player.” They made music or produced sound otherwise. ...

This is going to be another column where I start with: “I heard someone in church say…” It happens every so often that someone speaking in church gets my attention and my mind activated. And I start thinking — about everything other than the main topic of the talk. In this case, a guy ...