Posted 8/30/23 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them. (Mark 9:2-3 ESV) Howdy folks! Welcome back to the Digital…
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Ginsenging in Death Valley While Watching my Betamax…OR…If It Seems Too Good to Be True, Well, Who Knows?!?!
Posted 8/22/23 When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. Psalm 126:1 Howdy folks! Thank you for coming to the Digital Cornbread table today! Let’s not loaf…we should get right to work. 😉 (See what I did there… Wait…is it a loaf of cornbread??? There, I messed up the…
Memories Matter
Posted 8/18/23 I just thought of many of you when I read this piece linked below. We all live in such an anonymous, non-anonymous world that we miss the real stories. Your caregiving deserves to be told of, friends. It does.. Mom is doing about the same. She as so many stories that will die…
Fire in the Hole v1 (RIP)
Posted 8/16/23 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. -Heb 13:8…and several places else. 😉 Hi all! I hope all is well in your world! I have been buried up to my hat in work and haven’t had time to share lately, so I really appreciate your patience. 🙂 This piece will…
What to Get for the Person Who Has/Needs Everything
Posted Mom’s Birthday 2023 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. -1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Hi all! Another month a quarter past. The year is well over half way finished and our thoughts will soon be of falling leaves, pumpkin spice,…
Blue Skies are for Preparing
Posted 7/31/23 The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. -Prov 22:3 Hi all! Happy Monday. 🙂 My intent was a completely different piece today that I will have to pick back up later. We had a bad storm last night and a part of my job…
Dementia on my Daily Drive
Posted 7/27/23 Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. -Prov. 16:3 I think I speak for many caregivers when I say that, even in my case of being a part-time caregiver, the topic is ubiquitous in my day. It permeates my time and lives rent-free in my somewhat slumlord flat of…
You Gotta Nip it in the Drip
Posted 7/24/23 The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied. Prov. 13:4 Have you ever had a drippy faucet? Much like the drippy cars I have driven in my life, the Applegates have lived in some drippy houses too. Now our current home isn’t drippy,…
Solomon was Solemn…but was he wrong?
Posted 7/18/23 King Solomon, the wisest man to ever live according to many, said: ” The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.“Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun? Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. The sun…
Somewhat Shoehorned Reflections from a Tree in Eureka Springs
Posted 7/10/23 “Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it. Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.” -Psalm 96:11-12 “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their…