“Go back to your books, to your armchair. Plant your trees, watch them grow. If more people valued home above gold, this world would be a merrier place.”

— Thorin Oakenshield

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  • 9 July – What I’m Thankful for Today

    Good afternoon from warm Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. It’s 76 F according to the computer, higher than they predicted, but not into the 80s. It’s actually been a nice day today. At least this morning when the air was cool… Continue reading

    9 July – What I’m Thankful for Today
  • Strategies for Added Comfort

    Strategies means I take the time to think things through before I embark on anything, including comfort. I don’t think I’ve ever knowingly strategized for comfort. If it’s hot, I wear light clothes. If it’s cold, I layer up. I… Continue reading

    Strategies for Added Comfort
  • Daily Bible Study

    Day 172 – True Wealth Psalm 73:1 (A Psalm of Asaph.) Elohiym is good to Israel, to such as are pure in heart. 2 However, as for me, my feet almost stumbled; my steps nearly slipped. 3 For I envied… Continue reading

    Daily Bible Study
  • 8 July – What I’m Thankful for Today

    Good evening from hot Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. Well, Alexa lied again. We weren’t supposed to get out of the 70s today. We got to 81 F. with only a faint breeze to keep it on the cooler side, though… Continue reading

    8 July – What I’m Thankful for Today
  • My Future – Seconds Away

    As I type this I move from the past into the future. I don’t know what to expect, but I hope for great things to happen, even today. Firestorm will take off in unexpected ways. I will find out the… Continue reading

    My Future – Seconds Away
  • Daily Bible Study

    Day 171 – Prayer Psalm 72:1 (A Psalm of Solomon.) Give the king Your judgments, O Elohiym, and Your righteousness to the king’s son.  2 He will judge Your people with righteousness, and Your poor with justice. 3 The mountains… Continue reading

    Daily Bible Study
  • 7 July – What I’m Thankful for Today

    Good evening from a pleasant day in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. It’s been in the 70s all day with a light comfortable breeze. Today was a bad day, but I still have something to be thankful for. I’m thankful I’m… Continue reading

    7 July – What I’m Thankful for Today
  • Letting Go for the Sake of Harmony

    Life pulls at us in so many directions we want to shut out the noise and find peace in the midst of turmoil. Turmoil is the breeding ground for those characteristics which cause bitterness and rivalry between even the best… Continue reading

    Letting Go for the Sake of Harmony
  • Daily Bible Study

    Day 170 – Trust Psalm 71:1 In You, O JEHOVAH, I put my trust; let me never be put to shame. 2 Deliver me in Your righteousness and cause me to escape; incline Your ear to me and save me.… Continue reading

    Daily Bible Study
  • Favorite Music Genre

    My favorite music genre is Christian. It’s the only music I listen to in my home. There is nothing more uplifting than knowing Jesus as my Savior and Lord and singing praise to Him for everything He does for me… Continue reading

    Favorite Music Genre