Click on painting
to see the following text in
Howard Finster’s own hand.
The painting is titled “God Bless You All.”
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Visions of Other Worlds
My troubles
came by
people
not animels Read the rest of this entry »
Are we almost there? I think so.
Starvation Rations
That’s what I call the connections between D and me during our long, seemingly endless engagement. We had tons of hope, love and trust. They go a long way. But I really missed Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s another Amy poem for children everywhere. Especially, but not only young children in unsafe situations. Amy Carmichael spent most of her life in South India living with and for young Indian children.
Most were girls; some were boys. Many were temple children, Read the rest of this entry »
Dear Diane,
I’m going first today! As far as I know, I don’t have any more of your written pieces for family and friends. I know the last three were slightly out of order. But not by much. I’m grateful you gave me permission to make them all public.
This piece from you seems a fitting place to draw a line. Your life with ALS didn’t end until February 2006. Read the rest of this entry »
What was it about this man who seemed to have eyes only for me but couldn’t get the words out of his mouth? Read the rest of this entry »
Warthog kneeling to eat grass,
Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Dear Dad,
I dreamed about you last week. I was surprised; you don’t usually show up in my dreams. Read the rest of this entry »
Do you fall in love with gorgeous sunsets and starry skies? Here’s a sonnet from George MacDonald that talks about this and more. I’ll comment at the end. Read the rest of this entry »
