Our Guestrooms..!
“I hope I’m not going to put you and your family to any inconvenience,” I tell my friend as I enter his house. “No problems,” for any of us, “We have a guestroom waiting for you!” I shudder when I hear those words. I’ve never been particularly lucky with guestrooms,…
Nobody’s Looking At Me Dad..!
This was a TV ad a few years ago: A little girl stares out of the window of an old car, looking lost and lonely, stares forlornly at her father and asks, “Why doesn’t anybody look at me dad?” Dear father is concerned! His heart reaches out to his beloved…
We Need a Sense of Humour..!
Give me a sense of humor, Lord; Give me the grace to see a joke, To get some humor out of life, And pass it on to other folk. Ah! Tis easier writing tragedy than crafting comedy! It’s so easy for a writer to bring tears into a reader’s eye,…
Giving and Receiving Help..!
The other day I decided to do something a bit wicked, not too naughty to make you stop reading farther, but just a wee bit wicked. I’d often found people leaning across and telling me, when there was about to be a event of any kind, “Bob, if you ever…
Today Darlin’, I Didn’t..!
Many years ago, a friend of mine who was planning to get married sat with me one evening and discussed the kind of wife he would like to have. “She should be a working woman,” he said very definitely. “Why?” I asked, “I’m sure you’re doing well, why do you…