Christmas is upon us! We sang Christmas songs in church last Sunday. It was great, but I still have trouble with getting the syllables right when singing “The First Noel.” It’s not one syllable: “looked.” It’s two syllables: “look-ed” Oh well, that just one of my Christmas ...
I heard a Soren Kierkegaard quote used in a TV program the other night and it caught my interest. My wife and I have been watching the series “Madam Secretary” (now old – it ran 6 seasons and ended in 2019). It’s a show we both like and can watch together now and then. We’re in the ...
Thanksgiving is a terrific holiday! It’s one of my favs, if not “thee” favorite of them all. Everyone has their own reasons for liking particular holidays. I know several people who love Halloween. And – no; they’re not witches. (Well, maybe that depends on your definition of witch.) ...
As I recall, I was in a high school English class when I was taught about “sweeping generalizations” and “hasty generalizations.” A sweeping generalization is when one takes a presumed general rule and believes that it applies to everything or everyone. For example: Someone in Colorado ...
I really don’t have any specific comments relative to the outcome of the long, drawn out election season. To be perfectly honest, I had a deadline to submit this column before election results were known. So, I’m basically flying blind. And, anyway, I generally try not to go very heavy ...
In church last Sunday, some of the guys were talking about the deer hunt which started on Saturday. One guy speculated that the Second Coming of Jesus might just happen on a Sunday during the hunt. I doubted that. My money is on Super Bowl Sunday. The deer hunt, now in progress, reminded me of ...
When I gave this piece a title, I knew that it might immediately be misconstrued. So, let me set things straight right away. This is not going to be me disclosing memorable moments back in the days when I was a single man and going out socially on dates. If I were going to do that though, ...
Annual recurring football fever is as predictable as the sun coming up and the cows coming home. And it’s back. The high schools, colleges and the professionals have been in full swing for a while. The game between the North Sanpete Hawks and the Manti Templars last Friday night was a ...
Some of you may not be familiar with that longer word in the title of this column. I know that many of you are familiar with the short word – “Fall." My wife and I are all too familiar with the word - “fall” lately. I missed the last step on my front porch steps a couple of weeks ago ...
Have you done any “revenge traveling” lately? I think I have. You might have done a “revenge trip” and don’t even know it. I heard about it lately and evidently, it’s “a thing.” Revenge travel isn’t too well known of a phrase yet among people I’ve quizzed about it. But when ...