I am trying to decide where to build a compost bin. I think I will make one that is movable, in case I change my mind. I am crossing my fingers that my crab apple blooms, this cold weather is making that iffy. I love the smell of it, even more than the wisteria. I am also going to make a new pond, but that will be later in the year. The one i have is a little big and I want something that moves through the garden and no open pond water. I believe they are called artesian ponds, where...

Matthew 18:2-3 He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. - When our daughter was learning to walk, she tried to go down some stairs one time, but I was holding onto her hands and we managed to avoid them. She could hardly walk on a smooth floor, but because I was there and holding on to her, she was certain that she could go down those...

The following scenario occurred to me:

We the people, supply the world with foreign aid, to make the world a better place. The U.S. businesses who employ we the people are under ever more pressure to 'go green'. These regulations are costing American jobs, (links to follow). So, do we 'go green' to better the planet, reducing the taxpayer base that funds this foreign aid, or do we operate at optimum effectiveness, and send an ever-increasing amount of foreign aid to countries...

Here we go again. Time for yet another round of scattershooting, as I go here, there, and everywhere more often than those college basketball players at the Final Four. So let's all gather around the computer campfire and roast a few marshmallows while I shoot the breeze with you.

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There are not enough words in the English language that can adequately express how we all feel about the recent events in Japan. An earthquake which caused a large...

Affirmation: Jesus calls me to a higher love, to embrace the burning and passionate heart of God.

We are working with God to determine the future! Certain things will happen in history if we pray rightly. We are to change the world by prayer. - Richard Foster

He is truly great, who is great in the love of God. He is truly learned, who renounces his own will for the will of God. - Thomas a Kempis

"I count all things but loss for the excellency of the...