I am just worn out with the turmoil. Because lately, the inside of my brain has been feeling a lot like this: I am worn out with arguments. Worn out by the incessant, never ending torrent of words that flood from the fingertips and/or mouths of a few. Whether it’s a religious/doctrinal issue, or a …
Have you ever felt like you’ve been put out to pasture for a season? Well, I have. My user name, Susan in the Boonies, wasn’t chosen as lightly as you might think. For 14 years of my life, I attended a class called Bible Study Fellowship. It is a wonderful organization that served as a …
Slab o’ Humble Pie, Anyone? I think you’ll find the Crow is excellent, today, Madame. After all my bragging about good food, I think I better take myself down a peg or two, in the interests of God not doing it for me. You know Scripture says that God opposes the proud, but gives grace …
When you’ve been on the planet as long as I have, certain puzzle pieces begin to start clicking into place. One piece that has recently slipped into place for me is that life is full of green pastures where we get to lie down and quiet waters where we are led, as well as times …
You know “they” say that you can’t go home again. And perhaps there’s some truth to that statement. But in my experience, I haven’t found that to be totally the case. When I first moved to Nashville, part of the reason was to attend a church that seemed to me to be dynamic and vibrant, …
or: Breaking Bread with Mr. Billy, Mr. Billy’s Beagles, and the Bunnies I’m going to make a stab at retelling a story that is the stuff of legends. Once again, I did not personally witness the event that I am about to recount, but I first heard the story from one of the guys it …
You know, really, the better title for this post might be “What Was I THINKIN”???” Actually, I know what I was thinking. I was thinking that they were all so CUTE!!! All 11 of those little yellow Labrador puppies!!! Just lined up, standing up, with their front paws resting on top of the chicken wire …
We’ve got a lot of good stories in our family made up by my daughter (she of George, the Rabid Chicken fame.) And one relates to the Grim Reaper. One fall, probably near Halloween, she came across the image of the Grim Reaper. A ghastly, grim image he is. She was about 6 at the …
I’d like to tell you a little bit about my family, and this morning, I think I’ll start off with our Little Bit, the youngest member of our family. She is, as any good Irishman would tell you, the light o’my life, my little ray of sunshine. I’ll call her the Boonie Baby, for the …
Deaky-Boy Surprise Ingredients: One White Chocolate LabradorA Parade of Thirteen Wild Turkeys strolling through the backyard Roll the Labrador Vigorously with Glee and Gusto in the grass that recently hosted the Turkey Parade. Call and Scream hysterically for the dog to get back here NOW!!! Rue the day you ever bought the literally STINKING dog …
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps …
In “Why I Went to the Woods” , Henry David Thoreau attempts to explain why he chose to escape civilization to live in the woods. (Note the excerpt from that just underneath my blog title.) But why the heck did I go to the woods? I wish Thoreau were here to explain it to you. …