THE $$ TALK My wife and I often talk about finances. We turn off all electronics and update each other; the budget, the balances, the buoyancy. I tell her what I want to do, she tells me what she dreams doing. Good or bad we must choose well. With our financial resources we only have …
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Christian wife, mother, grandma "Ugma", musician (keyboards, ukuleles), pet owner (dogs, parrots), live full-time in a motorhome, currently in Michigan.
Sunday Selections – May 17, 2026 Edition
MY JESUS, FAIR Chris Anderson words, Greg Habegger music THE HOLY HEART Anne Barbour, Marsha Skidmore BLESSED CALVARY Avis Christiansen words, Lance Latham music
GUEST POST from Don – What in the World is CZY? +
WHAT in the world is CZY? + News stories now use an amazing number of abbreviations. AWS, TNG, TTY, and you name it ,are in these stories and often no explanation is given. Full stop. I leave the story and go on with my life. I can live for years not knowing what they think they’re communicating. I don’t …
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Tuesday Titters – May 12, 2026 Edition
Picture Day! May 12, 2026 Edition
Dawn, the morning of May 11 – taken by Pete Pete gave me this adorable book on my birthday! Birthday and Mother’s Day gifts from Mother’s Day Gloria’s yard is really starting to come together!
Sunday Selections – May 10, 2026 Edition
I’VE GOT PEACE LIKE A RIVER Traditional SpiritualWONDERFUL PEACE WD Cornell words, WG Cooper music 19th century
GUEST POST from Don – Stupid Human Tricks
STUPID HUMAN TRICKS First, from the New York Times: “There’s a New Place to Store Greenhouse Gasses, in your beer.” Sure, it can be done, but it is meaningless. If 2 more people are added to the planet in 2026 that will wipe out the “savings.” Your beer will cost twice as much as well. Thanks, but no thanks! It …
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Caturday – May 9, 2026 Edition
Foodie Friday – May 8, 2026 Edition
GUEST POST from Don – THE UNSETTLING, chapter 5
PREQUEL to BLURRY MOUNTAIN: “THE UNSETTLING”© 2026 Donald Whelpley CHAPTER FIVE. SLOW AND PURPOSEFUL. On the coastal plains there were more slave than free, more black than white. The Negroes were not talkative. They always seemed to move with purpose, and looked neither left nor right. Once Grigor stopped negro man to ask directions. The man was furtive and only answered …
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