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• Thanksgiving Turkey Lesson
This Thanksgiving Turkey is a lesson on thankfulness. This has been the Kinard tradition for Thanksgiving. This flannel-graph board has a turkey mounted on it, without the feathers. Our guests pick a subject/feather that they are thankful for. Then each person shares with the family/group the specific thing in that category that they are thankful […]
• The Unspeakable Gift
More than thirty years ago, a dentist, from the Midwest, was taking me to the airport. He observed my five missing teeth. He told me that my smile “offended him!” Then, he offered to repair my teeth, if would fly there to get them repaired. He told me that he would do all the work […]
• The Fruit of Gratefulness
Saturday, while taking a walking break from my writing in Palm Springs, I found myself checking out the fruit to determine its readiness for picking. The grapefruit turns from green to yellow, then brighter yellow to a reddish blush. When this reddish blush appears, that’s how you can tell this type of grapefruit is ripe. […]
• The Missing Puzzle Piece?
Many of us have had the experience of working on a large puzzle for hours only to find towards the end that one piece is missing to complete the puzzle. The picture is incomplete without that one piece. But where is it? You might look everywhere, only to conclude that it can’t be found. Well, […]
• My Floral Bouquet #5
This floral bouquet was a gift presented to me from one of the children on the Island of Saaremaa off the coast of Estonia. Our team visited one of the churches there. These beautiful speckled flowers, some variation of a lily, were given to me this cute little girl. Somehow, gifted flowers always seem more […]
• My Floral Bouquet #4
These are unbelievably small flowers. They are greatly magnified here. I was attracted to them because they were star shaped. I had never seen anything like them before. They were unique to me. I found these flowers on top of the Rock Church in Helsinki, Finland. If you can imagine it, an entire city block […]
• My Floral Bouquet #3
This beautiful tree blossom photo was taken on my second trip to Estonia, in the city of Viljandi. They were in full bloom in the middle of the summer. It is unknown to me what kind of tree formed these delicate pedals dancing with the breeze. I was immediately struck by their clustering together. But […]
• My Flower Bouquet #2
These beautiful and uniquely shaped flowers were also shot in Estonia, kind of growing wild between two buildings along the street downtown in the old part of the capitol city of Tallinn. I think it is too easy to miss this beauty in our hurried life. Hundreds of people walk right by these unassuming beauties […]
• What is a Blog Chain?
I am learning that Blogging is not just about rambling on and on about nothing that no one wants to read. This profound exercise called Blogging, is rather a well orchestrated narrated collection of links, like links in a chain that contribute to the whole for the purpose of the site. I guess you could […]
• Follow the Pumpkin Trail
This is the season to follow the Pumpkin Trail. What is the Pumpkin Trail? Well, it is the trail you follow to get a total makeover. Yes, the change in your life where God picks you out, cleans you up, puts a smile on your face and puts His light inside your life. Then He […]
