Image by Bruno from Pixabay The phone rang this morning and when I answered a voice said: "Hello. I am from your credit card company and based upon your excellent credit and payment history we would like to offer you a 10% rebate." By that time red lights were flashing and warning buzzers were sounding in my head. … Continue reading A new phishing scam
Stories from my life
My writing life
Image by David Krüger from Pixabay Yesterday’s post (Cornered by God) is at the intersection of the two books that I have been working on (actually there are three, the third is in French and I’ll get to it at the end of this post). Or perhaps it’s a fork in the road. I have been stalled in … Continue reading My writing life
Cornered by God
I was 27 when I decided to read the Bible for myself. My parents had enrolled me in Sunday school by correspondence soon after I learned to read and write; later, my father began to read the Bible and pray with the family before bedtime. We began attending church when I was 10, and I … Continue reading Cornered by God
How I spent Christmas day
The night before Christmas we were visited by an Alberta Clipper, a fast moving snowstorm. When I got up in the morning I could see that more snow had fallen in the night, but it didn't look like a lot, I didn't see any major snowdrifts in the white landscape. I didn't think I had … Continue reading How I spent Christmas day
God has been good to me
The image below, known as an Amsler grid, is a test for macular degeneration. Look at the dot in the centre of the grid with one eye and then the other. The lines should all be straight. If they are not, you should make an appointment with your eye doctor as soon as possible. For … Continue reading God has been good to me
Hitherto hath the LORD helped us
Those words from 1 Samuel 7:12 came to me as we were listening to the young people singing from the church conference. A word of explanation is needed here, the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite holds a general conference about every seven to ten years. The 2022 conference is underway now at Tupelo, Mississippi … Continue reading Hitherto hath the LORD helped us
Manitoba Maple – beauty and bugs
photo credit By SriMesh (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons The Manitoba Maple (Acer Negundo), aka box elder, is found in yards and parks all over the Canadian prairies. It is a relatively fast growing softwood maple, valued for the shade provided by its wide spreading branches. Those sturdy, spreading … Continue reading Manitoba Maple – beauty and bugs
Sweeter as the years go by
The message on the card that Chris gave me yesterday morning went like this: With the help of God's love and graceWe've built a pretty sweet life together-One blessing at a time.© Dayspring Cards I like that much better than the card I gave her, for it is only by the love and grace of … Continue reading Sweeter as the years go by
Balm in Gilead
My mother's father was a member of the Sommerfelder Mennonite Church, one of those groups that seeks to protect its members from the evils of the surrounding world by maintaining a different language. Grandpa was already hemmed in by his visual impairment, perhaps that led him to take more interest in the people he met. … Continue reading Balm in Gilead
Uninvited
Unlike one of my blogging friends, I did not decide to take a break from writing. It just happened, The pain came unannounced, unexpected, uninvited. I think it began as kidney stones, bringing severe pain, a UTI, nausea, vomiting and other unpleasant side effects. I had a couple of overnight stays in the hospital and … Continue reading Uninvited
