In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells a story about a king who commends his subjects for helping him when he was hungry, thirsty, without clothes, in prison or sick. The subjects professed ignorance about ever having done these things for him but the king replied "when you helped the least ...
About 5 decades ago, I took a famous, national inventory in college to see where my interests lie. Many of the findings shocked me while others made sense.It told me to avoid truck driving, interior designing, art teaching and home economics! I don't contest the latter three, but I do like ...
Market Report for October 11, 2019The chill was definitely in the air this Friday night of the Toledo Farmers' Market.A few vendors choose to stay home and seven choose to set up to sell those items before the end of the season.Kristi brought cookies, kolaches, twisty, cinnamon rolls, pecan ...
To continue with the rest of this years events at the Wieting Theatre, they are:Nov. 22 - Dec. 8- movie Frozen 2 with a pancake or waffle breakfast one of the Saturdays with a matineeNov. 23 Holiday Explosion Dinner, soup supper before and after the paradeNov. 24- Snow- Seymour Christmas for ...
As we begin this great month, we all enjoy the superb fall colors that surround us before we head into the big holidays and the cold, frigid, snowy phenomenon called winter. But for now we have October, a most beautiful month of the year that includes so many treasures.First of all, October is ...
Why do we do what we do? I noticed a child the other day sucking on their thumb; but I've seen others the same age, sucking on other fingers. One child was sucking on all of them. What's that about, anyway?Why do some people write with their right hand? I write with my left. Since we know ...
Every now and then I am asked, "What is it about astronomy that excites you so much?" After all, some have said, not much changes from year to year. I have to admit that they are right, M13 looks the same this year as it did the first time I saw it: a fuzzy ball in Hercules surrounded by tiny ...
The Wieting Theatre is getting ready for a very busy finish to this year.The high school is rehearsing for "Cinderella". It will be performed at the Wieting on Thursday, October 31 through Sunday, November 3.The new Hy-Vee store will be conducting job interviews at the Wieting center starting ...
Market Report for September 13, 2019Oh no it's Friday the 13th. There were no black cats at the Toledo Farmers' Market, just a cute little friendly gray one with white socks on two of its legs. There was no ladders to walk under, just the roped off area where no grass is growing to walk over. ...
Do you believe in coincidence? How about Karma, or "What goes around, comes around?" Or the "reaping what you sow" biblical philosophy? I believe in the last one.But to each their own.I also believe in Angels that don't sometimes don't even look like angels and Divine Appointments. Am I crazy? ...