Getting Back to KOPS

Getting Back to KOPS

Jan 14, 2024 | Happenings, My Life

Well, for the uninitiated, KOPS stands for Keeping Off Pounds Sensibly. That is the result of belonging to TOPS, Take Off Pounds Sensibly. I’ve talked about TOPS before. It’s a weight loss group that depends on incentives to encourage weight loss rather than...
Putting Away Christmas

Putting Away Christmas

Jan 5, 2024 | Happenings, My Life

My least favorite holiday is Halloween. Our neighborhood is invaded by ghouls, ten foot skeletons, ghosts and even a guillotine. Halloween is in the 3 billion dollar bracket with spending: costumes for adults, children and their pets, a huge supply of candy to give...
A Christmas Concert

A Christmas Concert

Jan 1, 2024 | Composing Music, Happenings, My Life, New Releases, On Writing

Every year our church does a Christmas concert. For the past three years I’ve been blessed to still be able to sing in the choir. I’ve been singing all my life, but voices change over the years. As long as the Lord enables me, I’ll keep singing. Last year the music...
A Christmas Poem

A Christmas Poem

Jan 1, 2024 | Faith, Happenings, My Life, New Releases, Poetry

Dear Readers, I didn’t write about a mouse this year, but that turned into a darling children’s book thanks to a great publisher and illustrator! This year, since I can’t send you all Christmas cards, I’d like to share my Christmas poem for 2023. May the Lord bless...
To Give or Not to Give

To Give or Not to Give

Jan 1, 2024 | Happenings

As all of us are keenly aware, there are a lot of homeless on the streets! They are on almost every street intersection with their cardboard signs. Sometimes they are smoking, and I feel that at the price of cigarettes these days, if they can afford that, they don’t...